Title: Innovative cooperation among small medium-sized enterprises: from the perspective of multi-department symbiosis

Authors: Yuyan Luo; Bingqian Wu; Tingting Liu; Maoyan Li; Zerui Su

Addresses: College of Management Science, Chengdu University of Technology, 610059, Chengdu, China; Post-Doctorate R&D Base of Management Science and Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, 610059, Chengdu, China ' College of Management Science, Chengdu University of Technology, 610059, Chengdu, China ' College of Management Science, Chengdu University of Technology, 610059, Chengdu, China ' College of Management Science, Chengdu University of Technology, 610059, Chengdu, China ' Business School, Sichuan University, 610064, Chengdu, China

Abstract: Synergetic innovation has become an important way of technological innovation for small medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). To this end, this study constructs several research models with synergetic innovation mechanism and synergetic innovation network as moderating variables according to different forms of synergetic innovation networks, so as to verify the stability of the structural equation model to a certain extent. At the same time, for synergetic innovation mechanism and different forms of synergetic innovation network composed of two regulating variables in synergetic innovation model and synergies between possible adjustment effects are discussed in this paper. The results help small and medium-sized enterprises in synergetic innovation, cooperative innovation mechanism and partner selection decisions, which in turn eventually make the enterprise innovation ability get promoted, and achieve long-term high quality development.

Keywords: synergetic innovation; enterprise innovation; small medium-sized enterprises; enterprise collaboration; synergy effect; innovation performance; synergetic innovation network; SEM; synergetic innovation mechanism; synergetic innovation model.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2022.124861

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 2022 Vol.26 No.3/4, pp.195 - 218

Accepted: 16 Nov 2021
Published online: 11 Aug 2022 *

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