Dynamics of technological innovation network and its impact on organisational learning and innovation performance

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ID13040554
AuthorsJu Liu (0000-0002-1352-1986, Tampere University, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume2
Issue1
Pages159-174
Publication date2012-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInnovation and Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2157-9318 • E-ISSN: 2157-930X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/2157930x.2012.663584
OpenAlexW2129396516
LanguageEN
References cited22

This paper examines the 10-year-long dynamics of a technological innovation network (TIN) of a textile company in China. It opens the black box of the firm and provides a whole picture of the firm's internal and external innovation network. It addresses two research questions: how did the structure of the company's TIN evolve and what was the impact on the organisational learning and innovation performance of the company. The case study reveals that the connectedness of the TIN and the centrality of an actor in the TIN are positively related to more intensive, more frequent interactive learning, and also to better technological innovation performance. Nevertheless the relation is not linear. It finds that peripheral actors may also be important to the organisational learning and innovation performance, with their power not from their network position but from other capabilities they have

Affordance · Business · Centrality · Dynamics (music · Industrial organization · Innovation Management · Knowledge management · Position (finance · Social connectedness · Sociology · Business Strategy and Innovation · Computer Science · Economic and Technological Innovation · Innovation and Knowledge Management · Psychology · Marketing

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