HOW NETWORK RELATIONS IMPACT INNOVATION PERFORMANCE OF HIGH-TECHSTARTUPS: EVIDENCE FROM CENTRAL CHINA

Authors

  • Liu Fan Institute of Development Research, Wuhan University, Wuhan, P.R

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24212/2179-3565.2018v9i2p20-28

Keywords:

Innovations, Competitiveness, Sustainability, Modern technology, Enterprises

Abstract

Research on innovation performance has gradually moved from the industrial clusters level to network relations among enterprises inside clusters. This paper intends to explain the impacts of network strength, breadth and stability on the innovation performance of Startups. An empirical analysis of high-tech Startups from 6 provinces of central China displays that, network strength and breadth exert a significant positive impact on Startups‘ innovation performance, network stability a relatively weak one, and that environmental dynamism plays a negative role mediating between network breadth and the innovation performance.

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Published

2018-06-30

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2018): Jun/ Ago 2018

Section

Papers

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