Author(s)

Lingfeng Liao¹, Renliang Li²

¹National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Bangkok, Thailand.
²Graduate School of Social Development and Management Strategy, National Institute of Development Administration, Bangkok, Thailand.

In the globalized and dynamic competitive environment, innovation performance is significant to enterprise performance. How R & D investment, knowledge search, network capability, and institutional pressure affect innovation performance are hurried to be tested. Under the view of multiple affective factors, we established the research model among R & D investment, knowledge search, network capability, and institutional pressure and innovation performance, and tested the model with using partial least squares based on data of 448 questionnaires with SMART-PLS. The findings indicate network capability has a positive effect on innovation performance; R & D investment has positive effect on Network capability; knowledge search positive effect on the Network capability; R & D investment positive effect on the innovation performance through the Network capability (mediator); knowledge search positive effect on the innovation performance through the Network capability (mediator); institutional pressure (moderator) positive effect on effect between Network capability and the innovation performance. There theoretical and practical contributions.

R & D Investment, Knowledge Search, Innovation Performance, Network Capability, Institute Pressure

Liao, L. and Li, R. (2023) The Effect of R & D Investment and Knowledge Search on Innovation Performance: The New Evidence from High-Tech Enterprises in Guangxi. Journal of Human Resource and Sustainability Studies, 11, 579-602. doi: 10.4236/jhrss.2023.113033.