Financing constraints and innovation performance: the moderating role of the network location of cross-border innovation cooperation among Internet enterprises

Yilin Zhang, Changyuan Gao and Jing Wang

European Journal of Innovation Management, 2022, vol. 26, issue 6, 1473-1499

Abstract: Purpose - This study aims to explore the relationship between financing constraints and the innovation performance of Internet enterprises in the cross-border innovation cooperation network. The study also analyzes the moderating effect of the location of the cross-border innovation cooperation network. Design/methodology/approach - The authors selected patent data, related transaction data and other data of A-share listed companies on Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges from 2014 to 2019. The generalized moment estimation method of instrumental variables (IV-GMM) method was used to analyze the relationship between financing constraints and the innovation performance of Internet firms and the moderating effect of the cross-border innovation cooperation network location. The threshold value of the moderating effect of the network structure hole was calculated with the threshold model. Findings - The empirical results show a significant invertedU-shaped relationship between financing constraints and the innovation performance in the cross-border innovation cooperation network of Internet enterprises. Network centrality positively moderates this relationship. There is a threshold for the adjustment effect of network-structural holes, and the adjustment intensity of structural holes changes before and after the threshold. Originality/value - This study provides a new perspective for Internet firms in innovation cooperation networks to alleviate the negative impact of financing constraints on innovation performance. The invertedU-shaped relationship between financing constraints and the innovation performance of Internet enterprises is in two stages. The moderating range of network centrality and the structural hole besides the threshold of the moderating effect of a structural hole are detailed.

Keywords: financing Constraints; Innovation performance; Network location of cross-border innovation cooperation; IV-GMM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1108/EJIM-08-2021-0392

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