The interaction effect of openness and network capability on innovation performance

Abstract

Abstract: How to enhance competitive advantage and promote innovation performance by network capability has always been concerned by scholars. However, they ignore the impact of open innovation on the relationship between network capability and innovation performance. The relationship between openness and network capability as well as their interaction effect on innovation performance are studied. An empirical research is conducted by using effective data from 206 manufacturing companies in China, and the results show that network strategy capability, network process capability, and network relationship capability have a distinct positive impact on innovation performance; Network strategy capability, network relationship capability and openness both have distinct positive interaction effect on innovation performance; And the wider the openness is, the better impact capability for developing network strategy has on innovation performance, whereas the deeper the openness is, the better impact capability for developing network relationship has on innovation performance.

Key words: network capability, openness, interaction effect

CLC Number:

F270

Yun Jiang, Ma Wenjia, Chen Li. The interaction effect of openness and network capability on innovation performance[J]. Science Research Management, 2012, 33(7): 8-15.

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