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Clique Structure and Enterprise Innovation: An Empirical Research on China's High-End Equipment Manufacturing Industry

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Clique problem has been fully researched in the social relations network of sociology，But the cliques in inter-enterprise networks have attracted people's attention in recent years. Based on the alliance data of the high-end equipment manufacturing industry in China in 2000-2013, we construct innovation network，and use negative binomial regression models to analyze the impact of the clique structure on enterprise innovation. The results show that the more the clique numbers in the alliance innovation network, the stronger the enterprise innovation capability. Whether the enterprises listed have a negative moderating effect on the impact of clique numbers on enterprise innovation performance. That is, for the listed enterprises, more clique numbers cannot significantly promote enterprise innovation, but for non-listed enterprises, more clique numbers are conducive to enterprise innovation. Innovation accumulation has no significant positive moderating effect on the impact of clique numbers on enterprise innovation performance. The impact of the coreness values on the enterprise innovative output in an inverted-U curvilinear way, and the coreness values also moderates the effect of innovation accumulation on enterprise innovation capability in an inverted-U curvilinear way. The conclusions of the research can provide the basis for the enterprise to embed the network cliques and for the relevant government departments to formulate the alliance policy.

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  • Xiangjie Zheng, 2018. "Clique Structure and Enterprise Innovation: An Empirical Research on China's High-End Equipment Manufacturing Industry," International Business Research, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 11(3), pages 21-29, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:ibrjnl:v:11:y:2018:i:3:p:21-29
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