Innovation Connection - Research on Enterprise Innovation Networks and Technological Innovation Methods

Author: Zhang Weifeng
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Publish Date: 2006-10-01
Features: The main research work and innovative achievements of this book are as follows:
1. Through the theoretical research of enterprise innovation networks, the innovative connection mechanism of technological innovation methods is explored. This book argues that the main characteristics of innovation networks are interaction and embeddedness. By studying the innovative connection mechanism, the combination of interaction and relational embeddedness with driving connection and network connection is achieved, realizing the organic connection between theoretical innovation connection and technological innovation methods, thereby further revealing the connection essence of technological innovation methods. This lays the foundation for the research of technological innovation methods.
2. Different technological innovation methods are positively correlated with innovation performance. Traditional economic research often views technological innovation methods as the acquisition of external technical resources from the perspective of transaction cost theory or resources and capabilities, thereby neglecting the research on the relationship between technological innovation methods and innovation outputs.
3. From the perspective of innovation connection, the effectiveness of technological innovation methods is analyzed. The selection of technological innovation methods is not only about the interaction between network nodes but is also related to embeddedness. This book links different technological innovation methods with innovation connection, allowing for better selection of different technological innovation methods.
4. This study employs path analysis to empirically find that innovation connection has a significant positive indirect influence on innovation performance through technological innovation methods. This validates the path relationship between enterprise innovation performance and multiple network connections and driving connections. The differences in paths reveal the deep relationships and interdependence among the three-layer elements. This conclusion addresses the shortcomings of previous isolated studies on the relationship between innovation and output, or between innovation connection and innovation methods.