Intrafirm Network Structure and Firm Innovation Performance: The Moderating Role of Environmental Uncertainty

Autor:	Chun-Mao Chang, Chih-Ping Wei, Ling-Ling Wu, Chih-Hung Peng
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Organizational innovation Trademark Knowledge base business.industry Strategy and Management Network structure Business Interpersonal communication Dynamism Electrical and Electronic Engineering Network connectivity Contingency Industrial organization
Zdroj:	IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. 69:1173-1184
ISSN:	1558-0040 0018-9391
DOI:	10.1109/tem.2020.2973456
Popis:	An interpersonal network within a firm serves as a primary knowledge base for organizational innovation. In this article, we propose that intrafirm network connectivity, which is measured by the transitivity of an intrafirm network, has a nonlinear effect on firm innovation performance. Furthermore, on the basis of the literature on environmental contingency, we propose that two dimensions of environmental uncertainty (i.e., environmental munificence and dynamism) moderate the influence of intrafirm network connectivity on firm innovation performance. To examine our hypotheses, we collect the profiles of firms in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries from the COMPUSTAT database and patent data from the United States Patent and Trademark Office database for the period of 1991–2012. Our longitudinal study finds an inverted U-shaped relationship between intrafirm network connectivity and firm innovation performance, and such a relationship is moderated by environmental munificence but not by environmental dynamism.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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