Network inertia and inbound open innovation: is there a bidirectional relationship?

Shi, Xiaoxiao; Zhang, Qingpu

doi:10.1007/s11192-019-03321-7

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“…As shown in Table 3, the descriptive statistics contain minimum, maximum, mean and standard deviation. In addition, owing to the large difference in the range of experimental variables, drawing on the work of Shi and Zhang (2020), we performed the log-transformation process on independent variables, control variables and adjustment variables to reduce potential heteroscedasticity and facilitate model fitting.…”

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The impact of employee participation in online innovation communities on idea quality

Liu

2020

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Purpose Online user innovation community (OUIC) has become a vital source for enterprises to obtain user innovation ideas and interact with users in new product development. However, most studies only focus on the relationship between users and ideas, often ignoring the influence of employees in the innovation platform. The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of employee behaviors on idea quality in OUIC. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the authors collected sample data of open user innovation community – Idea Exchange – and then, the authors examined the direct roles of employee’s idea generation behaviors and idea promotion behaviors on idea quality and the moderating roles of social networks position and enthusiasm by using binary logistic regression model. Findings Results indicated that employee’s idea generation behaviors and idea promotion behaviors have a positive influence on users’ idea quality. Also, the social network position and characteristics show the moderation effect of employee behavior and idea quality. Originality/value This study is different from prior studies because it emphasizes the role of employees in the open source platform. The findings suggest that enterprises and platform managers pay more attention to the impact of employees and improve the quality of ideas and promote the development of OUIC.

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The impact of employee participation in online innovation communities on idea quality

Liu

2020

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“…In our context, network centrality describes a firm’s position in the status hierarchy and the degree of its independent access to valuable resources and other network agents (Ahuja, 2000; Sharma et al , 2019). Furthermore, higher network centrality in an innovation network can provide the firm a platform for social interaction to acquire various network benefits (Perez-Luno et al , 2011; Shi and Zhang, 2019), thus improving the capacity of a firm to conduct incremental innovations.…”

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External knowledge search and firms’ incremental innovation capability: the joint moderating effect of technological proximity and network embeddedness

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Zheng

Zhang

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PurposeThis paper aims to analyze the extent to which the influence of external knowledge search activities on firms’ incremental innovation capability, and the moderating roles of the relatedness between the partners’ technological bases and a firm’s network embeddedness in the innovation network.Design/methodology/approachIn this empirical research, the authors collected a sample of patents in the UAV industry over the period of 2004–2018. Then the authors examined the direct role of external knowledge search on firms’ incremental innovation capability and the joint moderating effects of technological proximity and network embeddedness.FindingsWe found that external knowledge search in innovation networks positively affects firms’ incremental innovation capability. Moreover, we discovered that high technological proximity to other peers positively strengthens the impact of firms’ external knowledge search on their incremental innovation capability. Finally, the findings suggested that the relationship between a firm’s external knowledge search activities and its incremental innovation capability is stronger for high technological proximity coupled with high network centrality or poor structural holes in innovation networks.Originality/valueThis study adds value to open innovation literature by pointing out a positive relationship between external knowledge search and firm incremental innovation capability. Furthermore, this study reinforces the key joint contingent roles of technological proximity and network embeddedness. This study provides a valuable theoretical framework of incremental innovation capability determinants by connecting the different perspectives.

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“…Hung and Wang (2010) found most patent citation activities have relations with the patents of high betweenness centrality. Shi et al (2020) found that enterprises with high network inertia in innovative networks are less likely to seek resources beyond their boundaries by studying patent data collected by the smartphone industry from 2000 to 2017. Hua and Wang (2015) studied the effect of network structure on innovation efficiency by establishing the simulation model of the innovation process under the environment of innovation networks.…”

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Feature and Tendency of Technology Transfer in Z-Park Patent Cooperation Network: From the Perspective of Global Optimal Path

Guan

Han

et al. 2021

Journal of Data and Information Science

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Purpose This study aims to provide a new framework for analyzing the path of technology diffusion in the innovation network at the regional level and industrial level respectively, which is conducive to the integration of innovation resources, the coordinated development of innovative subjects, and the improvement of innovation abilities. Design/methodology/approach Based on the Z-Park patent cooperation data, we establish Inter-Enterprise Technology Transfer Network model and apply the concept of Pivotability to describe the key links of technology diffusion and quantify the importance of innovative partnerships. By measuring the topologically structural characteristics in the levels of branch park and the technosphere, this paper demonstrates how technology spreads and promotes overall innovation activities within the innovation network. Findings The results indicate that: (1) Patent cooperation network of the Z-Park displays heterogeneity and the connections between the innovative subjects distribute extremely uneven. (2) Haidian park owns the highest pivotability in the IETTN model, yet the related inter-enterprise patent cooperation is mainly concentrated in its internal, failing to facilitate the technology diffusion across multiple branch parks. (3) Such fields as “electronics and information” and “advanced manufacturing” are prominent in the cross-technosphere cooperation, while fields such as “new energy” and “environmental protection technology” can better promote industrial integration. Research limitations Only the part of the joint patent application is taken into account while establishing the patent cooperation network. The other factors that influence the mechanism of technology diffusion in the innovation network need to be further studied, such as financial capital, market competition, and personnel mobility, etc. Practical implications The findings of this paper will provide useful information and suggestions for the administration and policy-making of high-tech parks. Originality/value The value of this paper is to build a bridge between the massive amount of patent data and the nature of technology diffusion, and to develop a set of tools to analyze the nonlinear relations between innovative subjects.

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Network inertia and inbound open innovation: is there a bidirectional relationship?

Cited by 9 publications

References 133 publications

The impact of employee participation in online innovation communities on idea quality

The impact of employee participation in online innovation communities on idea quality

External knowledge search and firms’ incremental innovation capability: the joint moderating effect of technological proximity and network embeddedness

Feature and Tendency of Technology Transfer in Z-Park Patent Cooperation Network: From the Perspective of Global Optimal Path

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