关键词: 产学研联盟, 契约协调, 契约控制, 信任, 知识转移

Abstract: In order to accelerate the successful knowledge transfer between universities and firms and strengthen the independent innovative capability of firms in China, it is important to study the impact of formal contract and trust on knowledge transfer in university-industry(UI) alliances from the perspective of alliance governance mechanisms. Based on the previous case study, this article analyzes in depth both the direct effect and the interaction effect of different contractual dimensions and trust on different types of knowledge transfer. The empirical result shows that contractual coordination governance promotes explicit knowledge transfer in UI cooperation, but has no significant effect on tacit knowledge transfer. Contractual control governance can improve the performance of explicit knowledge transfer , but will hinder tacit knowledge transfer. Trust exerts a significant positive impact on both explicit knowledge transfer and tacit knowledge transfer , but its impact on tacit knowledge transfer is larger than on explicit knowledge transfer. In addition, contractual coordination and trust have positive interactions on explicit and tacit knowledge transfer, while contractual control and trust have negative interactions on them. Based on the above findings, some management implications are proposed.

Key words: universityindustry alliance, contractual coordination governance, contractual control governance, trust, knowledge transfer