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影响因子：5.5

DOI码：10.1016/j.strueco.2025.02.010

发表刊物：Structural Change and Economic Dynamics

关键字：cross-border R&D; foreign direct investment; network structure; absorptive capacity; innovation performance

摘要：In the process of innovation, the importance of utilizing external knowledge by countries has gradually been recognized. Against the backdrop of economic globalization, accessing and absorbing external knowledge through cross-border R&D has become a significant means for both countries and enterprises to enhance innovation performance. Within the increasingly frequent global network structure formed by cross-border R&D investments, national innovation performance is jointly influenced by external network relations and absorptive capacity. Combining network theory and absorptive capacity theory, this paper portrays the global cross-border R&D investment network structure, empirically examines the relationship between network position, absorptive capacity, and innovation performance using panel data consisting of 16060 cross-border R&D investment projects spanning from 2003 to 2020. The results indicate that global cross-border R&D investments have formed a complete topological network structure characterized by a core-periphery feature, indicating heterogeneous distribution of countries' positions in the network. Countries in different positions exhibit varying impacts of cross-border R&D on innovation performance. Countries with higher node strength and richer structural holes tend to have higher innovation output. Additionally, absorptive capacity plays a positive moderating role between network position and innovation performance, although this role varies heterogeneously between developed and developing countries. This research serves as a valuable theoretical resource for guiding the design of cross-border R&D and innovation policies.

备注：扬州大学人文社会科学二级权威期刊

第一作者：Li Tingzhu

论文类型：Research Atricle

通讯作者：Du Debin

学科门类：经济学

一级学科：应用经济学

文献类型：Journal

卷号：73

页面范围：460-471

ISSN号：0954-349X

是否译文：否

发表时间：2025-03-05

收录刊物：SSCI