Relationship between network reciprocity degree and management innovation—Based on learning capability and members' agglomeration degree

Xie Hongming; Ren Yanyan; Chen Ying; Cheng Cong; Cheng Xuanmei

Science Research Management ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (1) : 89-96.

Xie Hongming¹, Ren Yanyan², Chen Ying³, Cheng Cong², Cheng Xuanmei³

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Scholars are increasingly paying more attention to the problem that how enterprises' management innovation is affected by the relationship between enterprises and geographical agglomeration degree. By discussing the impact of network reciprocity levelon management innovation and analysis of intermediate role of learning capability and the controllable role of agglomeration, R&D investment and enterprise size, we propose a theoretical model among networkreciprocity level, learning capability and management innovation, and use structural equation model to test the research hypothesis, which are based on 458 samples of high-tech enterprises and private technological enterprises in Guangdong, China. Theempirical findings show that learning capability plays a complete intermediate role on the relationship between network reciprocity level and management innovation, and exhibits a more positive intermediate role in the enterprise network of low agglomeration;meanwhile, the relationship among networkreciprocity level, learning capability and enterprises' management innovation is also affected by the size of the enterprise scale and the level of R&D investment. The research extends and deepens the understanding and recognition that whether and how external organizations affect the enterprises' management innovation in industrial clusters and network.

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Network reciprocity / learning capability / management innovation / agglomeration degree

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Xie Hongming, Ren Yanyan, Chen Ying, Cheng Cong, Cheng Xuanmei. Relationship between network reciprocity degree and management innovation—Based on learning capability and members' agglomeration degree[J]. Science Research Management. 2014, 35(1): 89-96

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