| 中国民营企业核心能力与多元化战略选择研究 |
| |
| 引用本文： | 曾萍,汪金爱,吕迪伟.中国民营企业核心能力与多元化战略选择研究[J].科研管理,2022,43(3):89-98. |
| |
| 作者姓名： | 曾萍 汪金爱 吕迪伟 |
| |
| 作者单位： | 1.华南理工大学 工商管理学院，广东 广州510640；
2.华东理工大学 商学院，上海200237；
3.中山大学 管理学院，广东 广州510275 |
| |
| 基金项目： | 教育部人文社会科学研究规划基金项目：“中国制造企业转型升级动力机制研究”(17YJA630006,2017.07—2019.12)；;广东省自然科学基金项目：“合法性-效率双重机制下中国制造企业战略变革行为研究”(2021A1515011458,2020.01—2023.12)；;上海市哲学社会科学规划一般课题：“家族性在家族企业创业团队选择及创新战略中的影响研究”(2016BGL014,2016.07—2019.12)； |
| |
| 摘 要： | 企业经营范围的确定是战略管理的基础性问题，民营企业通常选择研发与政治关联两种核心能力来发展多元化战略。基于2007—2014年的中国民营上市企业的实证结果表明，研发和政治关联两种核心能力对于区域和产品多元化战略存在不同的直接效应，研发能力促进了跨区域和较为聚焦的产品。政治关联能力负向调节研发能力对于多元化的影响，两种多元化战略中政治关联效应明显。然而制度环境的改善扭转了政治关联的负向影响，随着市场化程度的提高，多元化战略中的研发能力效应再次显现。可见在制度环境不够完善的区域，如果追求本地为王和产品多元化需要娴熟的政治关联能力；而在市场化程度较高时，如果追求全国发展和较为聚焦的产品市场，研发能力则更为重要。
|
| 关 键 词： | 研发能力 政治关联 制度环境 民营企业 多元化战略 |
| 收稿时间： | 2019-04-30 |
| 修稿时间： | 2020-02-28 |
A study of core competences and diversification strategies of Chinese private enterprises |
| |
| Zeng Ping,Wang Jin′ai,Lyu Diwei.A study of core competences and diversification strategies of Chinese private enterprises[J].Science Research Management,2022,43(3):89-98. |
| |
| Authors: | Zeng Ping Wang Jin′ai Lyu Diwei |
| |
| Abstract: | It is a fundamental question in the strategy research of what determines the scope of the firm. Theorists suggest that it is product diversification or geographic diversification which determines the scope of the firm, and appeal that empirical studies should examine both effects in a context outside America and the developed countries. In this study we respond to these calls and examine the effects of different types of firms′ core competences and their influences on the product diversification or geographic diversification simultaneously. With the integration of institution-based view and resource-based view (RBV), we extend the research of this fundamental question to the context of the fast development and distinct path selections of the Chinese private enterprises. Private enterprise is one of the most important engines of economic growth in China since the reform and opening up of China, but we know very little about the process of diversification, one of the most popular development strategy for the Chinese private enterprises, especially the relationship among different core competences and dimensions of diversification strategy which determine the scope of the firm. Because of the legitimacy and liability of newness, most private enterprises in China have the characteristics of new starting firms. Usually, Chinese private enterprises discover and exploit business opportunities by developing capabilities of R&D or political connections, choose different development paths and lead to different scopes of firm in the end, i.e. different level of product diversification or geographic diversification. These processes are influenced by the institutional differences especially different levels of the market liberalization come from the obvious regional segmentation in China. In this study, we select a specific sample from 1291 private enterprises public listed in the Chinese stock market. We delete banks and the other financial companies which operated very differently with most private companies and firms have no obvious development strategy such as special treated firms (i.e. ST and *ST firms) with very poor performance. In the end, we select 1161 private firms in the 19 industries. We measure the product diversification with an entropy index of prime operating revenue and geographic diversification with the Herfindahl-Hirschman index according to the authority literatures. Since product diversification and geographic diversification are continuous variables, we employ multiple linear regression for the analysis using the Stata software, and apply hierarchical moderated regression approach to test all the hypotheses. Hierarchical analysis allows for a comparison between alternative models with and without interaction terms, where an interaction effect only exists if the interaction term contributes significantly to the variance explained in the dependent variable over the main effects of the independent variables. We also check the robustness by different measures of the major study variables, and construct models to examine the endogeneity using the Granger causality test. Our results are robust when examined with different measures of the major study variables and pass through the causality test desirably, it is the capability of R&D or political connections which lead to high-level or low-level product diversification and geographic diversification and not the vice versa. We select 2007 as the data starting year, because in 2007 all listed companies are required to implement the new accounting standards by Chinese government and disclose company information with even more high quality. Empirical results of the private enterprises in 2007-2014 reveal that both core competence, i.e. capabilities of R&D or political connections, have direct effects on product diversification and geographic diversification. Capabilities of R&D lead to high level geographic diversification and more focused product diversification, and political connections lost some significance which imply its mechanism is more complex than the R&D capabilities. However, political connections have significant negative moderate effects which changes the above relationships to the contrary directions. In the firms with high level capabilities of political connections, R&D capabilities make firms more localized and operated in many industries, so they have high level product diversification and low-level geographic diversification. On the contrary, in the firms with low-level political connections, R&D capabilities make firms devoted to the focused industries and enter different regions to make use of the R&D advantages, so they have low-level product diversification and high-level geographic diversification. But with the improvement of the regional institutions measured by the market liberalization, negative effects of political connections are suppressed and R&D effects are protected. In the regions with high-level market liberalization, market mechanism surpasses the effects of the political connections, direct effect of R&D capabilities appears again, private firms select the path of low-level product diversification and high-level geographic diversification. In practice, both capabilities are useful and to fully understand their effects need to consider the special contexts and the strategic outcomes. In the regions where institutions of the market liberalization are not formed it is better to develop capabilities of political connections and build up a local "business empire" which operates in many industries or many product units, i.e. high-level product diversification and low-level geographic diversification. Many firms set up in the county or the 4th- and 5th-tierd cities have the characteristics which deeply connected to the government officials and operates in many industries such as real estate, department store, hotel and catering industry besides their major field. On the contrary, In the regions with more mature of market economy institution, private firms usually devote to R&D capabilities and focus on narrow product field. In this context, political connections are very expensive or not very useful so they are replaced by market mechanism, market efficiency and protection of law help firms to select the path of internal development. In the long run, it is much better to develop capabilities of R&D and push the company to be a specialized competitor operating in the countrywide or worldwide which operates only in several industries or focused product fields, i.e. low-level product diversification and high-level geographic diversification. |
| |
| Keywords: | R&D capability political connection institutional environment private enterprise diversification strategy |
|
| 点击此处可从《科研管理》浏览原始摘要信息 |
| 点击此处可从《科研管理》下载免费的PDF全文 |
|
