Study on the Mechanism of Open Innovation Promoting Innovative Performance

摘要

The open innovation paradigm brought forward by Henry Chesbrough offers a new way of thinking and managing about innovation. Based on the survey data from 209 innovative firms in China, the mechanism of open innovation is verified by Structural Equation Modeling(SEM). The research manifests that enterp rises acquire market - related resources and technology - related resources to comp lement the internal innovation resources and imp rove the efficiency of innovation through open to outside. The each innovation key element promoting the innovative performance under an open innovative system is disclosed. And it also gives a good directions for enterp rises to increase indigenous innovation capabilities through utilizing external knowledge effectively according to their internal innovation resources.