Mechanism of impact of innovation openness on open innovation performance

Abstract

Abstract: Based on revealed relationship between innovation openness and innovation performance, the thesis subdivided the variables by means of literature analysis. Through adopting two mediating variables which both have important impacts on open innovation——innovation orientation and business model, the thesis constructed a more comprehensive theoretical model and conducted the process of model operationalizaiton. After that, the authors collected large sample of questionnaire data, and applied Structural Equation Model (SEM) to carry out empirical model verification and modification, thus deepened the understanding of the mechanism between innovation openness and open innovation performance. The conclusion indicates that innovation orientation and business model play mediating roles between innovation openness and open innovation performance. Although the impact of subdivided innovation openness (explorative innovation openness and exploitative innovation openness) on open innovation performance appears in forms of financial index in final, their performance contributions are considerably different in forming mechanisms.

Key words: innovation openness, open innovation performance, innovation orientation, business model

CLC Number:

F270.7

Yan Chun, Cai Ning. Mechanism of impact of innovation openness on open innovation performance[J]. Science Research Management, 2014, 35(3): 18-24.

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