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Network characteristics and organizational innovation capability: A study of the inter‐organizational collaboration network of new drug development in Shanghai, China
Author(s) -
Xu Lu,
Yan Jie,
Xiong Jie
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
strategic change
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1099-1697
pISSN - 1086-1718
DOI - 10.1002/jsc.2301
Subject(s) - business , betweenness centrality , centrality , knowledge management , organizational learning , organizational performance , china , organizational network analysis , organizational commitment , organization development , organizational behavior and human resources , industrial organization , marketing , management , computer science , economics , political science , law , mathematics , combinatorics
Abstract The size of organizational network, organizations' betweenness centrality and structural hole exert positive effects on organizational innovation capability. The intermediary effect of structural hole on organizational innovation capability is not significant. These outcomes enrich the understanding of the promoting effect of the inter‐organizational network on organizational innovation performance in general. The findings contribute to business practitioners in high‐tech clusters on their capability development.