From environmental scanning perspective, this study examines the mediated relationship among organizational slack (OS), open innovation search (IS), and high-tech small and medium enterprises (SMEs) performance. We also propose that this mediated relationship is moderated by organizational risk (OR) and government subsidy (GS). We tested our model by using a sample of 244 high-tech SMEs. Our empirical results indicate that open IS partially mediates the positive relationship between OS and SMEs’ performance, and the mediated relationship is strengthened by OR and GS. These findings offer important implications for both SMEs and government to effectively promote firm performance.

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环境扫描视角：创新搜索过程中组织风险和政府补贴的调节作用

从环境扫描的角度，本研究考察了组织松弛（OS）、开放式创新搜索（IS）和高科技中小企业（SME）绩效之间的中介关系。我们还提出，这种中介关系受到组织风险（OR）和政府补贴（GS）的调节。我们使用 244 家高科技中小企业的样本来测试我们的模型。我们的实证结果表明，开放式 IS 部分中介了 OS 与中小企业绩效之间的正相关关系，并且 OR 和 GS 加强了中介关系。这些发现为中小企业和政府有效提升企业绩效提供了重要启示。