Overflow Mechanism and Demonstration of Knowledge Flow on Enterprise Endogenous Innovation by the Three-Dimensional Space: Based on the Open Innovation Perspective

Abstract

This paper made a systematic presenting for the external environment and spatial structure of enterprise innovation and defined the three-dimensional space of enterprise innovation based on the spatial economics and open innovation perspective. The ‘knowledge flow’ was used as an important dimension when delving into the dynamic feedback mechanism between the enterprise innovation and three-dimensional space, forming a systematic recognition for interaction mechanism of three-dimensional space, knowledge flow and the enterprise endogenous innovation. And then, a demonstration based on the structural equation model was used to provide a theoretical basis for the innovation decision of an enterprise. It followed that, the economic space, geographic space and human space all constitute the three-dimensional space of enterprise external knowledge flow. In the open innovation system, the non-rigid boundary of enterprises provides the possibility of the overflow, expansion and penetration of external knowledge. Again, through the mediation of knowledge flow, the dynamic interaction of system dynamics between the three-dimensional space and enterprise endogenous innovation was achieved.