The impact of R&D effort on business model innovation: Evaluating chain mediation through collaboration breadth and depth.

ABSTRACT: Drawing on a novel theoretical framework, we explored the impact of research and development (R&D) effort on business model innovation via external collaboration breadth and collaboration depth in sequence. We empirically analyzed a sample of 94 Chinese innovative enterprises by applying hierarchical regression analysis and chain mediation analysis. The results indicate that R&D effort positively influences business model innovation. The influencing mechanism is that R&D effort positively affects external collaboration breadth, which in turn positively stimulates external collaboration depth, and ultimately benefits the implementation of business model innovation. Therefore, the breadth and depth of external collaboration play a chain-mediating role. The study develops a new framework for

SUBMITTER: Chen S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10241366 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature