The effect of network tie position on a firm’s innovation performance

Hakil Moon, Anthony Di Benedetto and Sang Kyun Kim

Journal of Business Research, 2022, vol. 144, issue C, 821-829

Abstract: This paper investigates the unexplored aspects of network effects considering the position of strong and weak ties, in particular, whether these are adjacent or non-adjacent to a focal firm in a triad network. To examine the effects of a network on a firm’s breakthrough innovation, we develop six configurations of strong and weak ties to explore a theoretical framework how such a network may affect a firm’s breakthrough innovation in terms of knowledge redundancy and relational risks. Further, we found that a firm’s absorptive capacity may significantly moderate such a relationship. Among the implications for network theory is whether a firm’s breakthrough innovation depends on the position and characteristics of networks in a triad relationship.

Keywords: Network configurations; Breakthrough innovation; Triad network relationship; Relational risks; Absorptive capacity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.02.035

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