A Study On The Relationship Of Network Ties Strength,Organizational Learning Capability And Oems Upgrading

As economic globalization progresses, the international division of labor gradually formed and matured, which provided the opportunity for more and more enterprises in developing countries into the global production system. In this context, the Chinese manufacturing enterprises seized the opportunity of the international industrial structure adjustment and transfer, used domestic factor endowment advantages to insert into the global value chain production system in the way of OEM. This has made the manufacturing enterprises achieve rapid development. However, China’s manufacturing enterprises are only in the lowest value-added parts such as processing and manufacturing sectors of global value chains, obtained meager profits, and were locked in the bottom of the global value chain in long time. In addition, the impact of international financial crisis, factor cost rising in the domestic market and the rising of developing countries in Southeast Asia put them into a more serious situation. Therefore, how to break the OEMS development difficulties and implement upgrading is the common concern of people in all walks of life. Organizational learning capability is the capability of enterprises’ absorbing, acquiring, digesting and using knowledge. Enterprises can improve the innovation ability and achieve upgrade through organizational learning. Enterprise network is an important means to maintain competitive advantages. Enterprise can get information and resources needed for development and innovation through network. This can enhance organizational learning capability, thereby promoting enterprise upgrading. What’s more, enterprise should pay more attention to the link with other members. So, based on the enterprise network theory, organizational learning theory and enterprise upgrading theory, this paper intends to study the relationship among network ties strength, organizational learning capability and OEMS upgrading, Which aims at not only enriching theoretical research on network ties strength, organizational learning capability and OEMS upgrading, but also providing references and guidance for OEMS.This paper will firstly arrange related literatures on network ties strength, organizational learning capability and OEMS upgrading to clarify their definition and relationship. Secondly, theoretical framework and research hypotheses are proposed. Thirdly, literature framework and research hypotheses are examined by empirical research on OEMS in Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shaoxing et al, Zhejiang Province. It comes to conclusions as follows:1) network ties strength has significantly positive impact on OEMS process upgrading, product upgrading and functional upgrading;2) network ties strength has significantly positive impact on dimensions of organizational learning capability;3) Knowledge acquisition capability doesn’t have impact on OEMS process upgrading; Knowledge sharing capability and knowledge using capability has significantly positive impact on OEMS process upgrading; each dimension of organizational learning capability has significantly positive impact on OEMS product upgrading; Knowledge acquisition capability and knowledge sharing capability don’t have impact on OEMS functional upgrading; Knowledge using capability has significantly positive impact on OEMS functional upgrading;4) Knowledge acquisition capability doesn’t play a mediating role between network ties strength and OEMS process upgrading; Knowledge sharing capability and knowledge using capability play a mediating role between network ties strength and OEMS process upgrading; each dimension of organizational learning capability plays a mediating role between network ties strength and OEMS product upgrading; Knowledge acquisition capability and knowledge sharing capability don’t play a mediating role between network ties strength and OEMS functional upgrading; Knowledge using capability plays a mediating role between network ties strength and OEMS functional upgrading;5) enterprise size and age has significantly impact on each variable. Lastly, it gives the conclusion of the whole paper. It puts forward some suggestions related to OEMS upgrading, then points out the weakness of this paper and the further prospects of the study.