HOW NETWORK MANAGERS CONTRIBUTE TO INNOVATION NETWORK PERFORMANCE

Johannes Landsperger (), Patrick Spieth () and Sven Heidenreich ()
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Johannes Landsperger: EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht – EBS Business School, Rheingaustraße 1, 65375 Oestrich-Winkel, Germany
Patrick Spieth: EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht – EBS Business School, Rheingaustraße 1, 65375 Oestrich-Winkel, Germany
Sven Heidenreich: EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht – EBS Business School, Rheingaustraße 1, 65375 Oestrich-Winkel, Germany

International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), 2012, vol. 16, issue 06, 1-21

Abstract: Innovation networks that aim at the joint development of products, services or processes represent a particular form of inter-organizational business networks. In order to yield useful results from these collaborations, networks need to be managed thoroughly. By appointing a dedicated network manager to administrate, coordinate, and regulate, the management of tasks is bundled and centralized within a single entity. However, to the best knowledge of the authors, no empirical research has yet been conducted, investigating the impact of a network manager's availability, relevance, and influence on network performance. Using the interaction-oriented network approach as conceptual foundation, we analyze network managers' direct and indirect influence on the network's relational and goal achievement performance. Our results suggest that a network manager enhances innovation network's core management functions, which in turn improve the relational performance (RP). Moreover, RP was found to significantly drive the goal achievement performance (GAP).

Keywords: Innovation network; network management; network manager; interaction-oriented network approach; net-level analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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