The Impact of External Sources of Knowledge on Innovation in SMEs

Henttonen, Kaisa; Volchek, Daria

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“…An increasing number of enterprises create and acquire knowledge through external cooperation, such as knowledge integration and knowledge sharing with other enterprises, universities and research institutions (Goyal et al , 2020), namely, external knowledge sources. Scholars generally believe that external knowledge sources are the process in which enterprises acquire knowledge from external organizations according to their own innovation needs (Henttonen and Volchek, 2016; Caloghirou et al , 2004). They propose that external knowledge sources not only include unconscious knowledge flows from other regions but also include conscious knowledge flows such as knowledge cooperation with other regions (Wang et al , 2014).…”

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“…To answer this question, this study introduced the concept of external knowledge sources (Henttonen and Volchek, 2016; Caloghirou et al , 2004) to deeply explore the influence mechanism between the digital economy and industrial green innovation efficiency. In the context of open innovation and the knowledge economy, the risk of relying solely on internal, independent innovation increases.…”

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The relationship between digital economy and industrial green innovation efficiency – based on the perspective of external knowledge sources

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Purpose Driven by the development of the global digital economy, knowledge management in industrial enterprises offers more possibilities for green innovation. Based on the perspective of external knowledge sources, this study aims to construct a panel regression model to explore the relationship between digital economy and industrial green innovation efficiency. Design/methodology/approach Panel data from 30 regions in China from 2011 to 2020 were selected as research samples. All data are obtained from national and provincial statistical yearbooks. Coupling coordination degree analysis, entropy method, panel regression analysis, robustness test and threshold effect test by Stata 16.0 were used to test the hypotheses. Findings The empirical results demonstrate the hypotheses and reveal the following findings: the digital economy is positively related to industrial green innovation efficiency and external knowledge sources, and external knowledge sources mediate the relationship between them. Moreover, based on the threshold test results, the digital economy has a double-threshold effect on industrial green innovation efficiency. Originality/value Based on the perspective of external knowledge sources, the proposed mediating mechanism between the digital economy and industrial green innovation efficiency has not been established previously, further enriching the research on the antecedents and outcomes of external knowledge sources. Moreover, this study estimated the direct influence mechanism and double-threshold effect of the digital economy on industrial green innovation efficiency from theoretical and empirical analysis, thus responding to the call of scholars and adding to existing research on how the digital economy affects the green transformation of industrial enterprises.

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