Study on Cooperative Culture, Network Power and Knowledge Flow from the Perspective of Enterprise Innovation Network Management

Abstract

Efficiently development of enterprise innovation networks is inseparable from integrated innovation processes such as knowledge sharing and transfer. Knowledge flow is a core network activity that is highly dependent on the cultural and structural environment. As an informal governance mechanism, cooperative culture affects the stability and durability of relationship between members. Perfectly cooperative cultural mechanism is the key to promoting knowledge flow in innovation networks. The purpose of this paper is to explore whether and how cooperative culture and network power affect knowledge flow in innovation networks. This paper finds that cooperative culture, network power has a positive effect on knowledge flow, which was obtained by using SEM method based on 227 questionnaire survey samples of enterprises. Furthermore, this paper also uses fuzzy quantitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to study how cooperative culture and network power work together on knowledge flow. This study finds out three paths that lead to high knowledge flow, which are composed of the elements of cooperative culture and network power. The three paths are knowledge reciprocity-oriented, cooperative culture-oriented and cultural knowledge fitoriented respectively. These findings are of great significance for promoting the management of innovation networks.