关键词: 外部环境, 知识流出, 管理创新, 研发投入, 地理集聚, External environment, Knowledge outflow, Management innovation, R&D investment, Geographic concentration

Abstract: The discussion of organizational innovation from the view of knowledge flow is increasingly concerned by academia. But researches about how knowledge inflow especially knowledge outflow influence enterprises’ management innovation are extremely lacking. Based on the theoretical research, we build a theoretical model about the relationship among knowledge outflow, external environment and management innovation, and then examine the control function of R&D investment and geographic concentration to the model. Through taking the questionnaire survey data of 458 enterprises which apply for high-tech and private-tech enterprises in Guangdong Province for empirical test, we find that knowledge outflow has a completely intermediary effect on the relationship between external environment and management innovation, and the relationship among the three variables are constrained by the degree of R&D investment and geographic concentration. Namely, to enterprises which have a high-level R&D investment, knowledge outflow plays an incompletely intermediary role between external environment and management innovation. And to a high-level geographical contraction enterprise, external environment doesn’t have a direct influence on knowledge outflow. These results suggest enterprises should be good at finding a geographical environment which is suitable for their own developments. The research has some academic contributions on improving the theory of knowledge and innovation management.