The impact of network embeddedness on innovation performance from the perspective of supply chain management

Abstract

Abstract: This paper studies the impact of two dimensions of the network embeddedness (relational embeddedness and structural embeddedness) on innovation performance and the mediating effect of knowledge sharing from the perspective of supply chain management. Based on the data collected from 255 high-tech companies in China, we examine the relationships among network embeddedness, knowledge sharing, and innovation performance using structural equation modeling method. The research results indicate that from the perspective of supply chain management, it is the relational embeddedness but not the structural embeddedness that has a significant positive influence on the innovation performance, and knowledge sharing plays only a partial mediating role in the relationship between relational embeddedness and innovation performance. The theoretical significance of this study is that it explores the role of the network embeddedness in the knowledge sharing and performance innovation from the perspective of supply chain management and the findings also provide some guidance for the innovation activities and supply chain practitioners.

Key words: network embeddedness, relational embeddedness, structural embeddedness, knowledge sharing, innovation performance

CLC Number:

F272.3

Jian Zhaoquan, Han Zhaojun, Huo Baofeng. The impact of network embeddedness on innovation performance from the perspective of supply chain management[J]. Science Research Management, 2013, 34(10): 27-34.

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