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Knowledge Flow, Innovative Capabilities And Business Success: Performance Of The Relationship Between Small World Networks To Promote Innovation

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  • NITYA PRASAD SINGH

    (Department of Political Science, Eastern Michigan University, 602-F Pray Harrold Hall, Ypsilanti, MI, USA†Department of Information, Operations and Technology Management, College of Business and Innovation, The University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft St., Toledo, Ohio, USA)

  • BLAINE DAVID STOUT

    (#x2020;Department of Information, Operations and Technology Management, College of Business and Innovation, The University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft St., Toledo, Ohio, USA)

Abstract

The question of how innovation comes about, and the circumstances under which it prospers, is a question that has continued to be the focus of academic research on innovation creation. Recent works have focused on how the capacity to innovate hinges on the ability to form networks; hence, the importance of the research. The article therefore answers the research question of whether the network relationships between similar ethnic, education background, and geographically clustered groups plays a significant role in innovation creation or not? Using the theoretical concept of a Small World Network, we use case study methodology to study the origins of several companies from the technology sector, who in recent years have emerged as successful businesses. The article examines the small world network dimensions of ethnicity, education, geography and the binding subject matter interest that initially formed these relationships, as well as the impact that these relationships have on innovation creation and business success.

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  • Nitya Prasad Singh & Blaine David Stout, 2018. "Knowledge Flow, Innovative Capabilities And Business Success: Performance Of The Relationship Between Small World Networks To Promote Innovation," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 22(02), pages 1-35, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijimxx:v:22:y:2018:i:02:n:s1363919618500147
    DOI: 10.1142/S1363919618500147
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    Cited by:

    1. David Deakins & Jo Bensemann, 2019. "Achieving Innovation In A Lean Environment: How Innovative Small Firms Overcome Resource Constraints," International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 23(04), pages 1-36, May.
    2. Maria Emilsson & Ulf Ernstson & Linn Gustavsson & Ann Svensson, 2020. "Sustainable Innovations in Small Enterprises for the Transformation of the Primary Healthcare Sector," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(16), pages 1-19, August.
    3. Jiang Xu & Huihui Wu & Jianhua Zhang, 2022. "Innovation Research on Symbiotic Relationship of Organization’s Tacit Knowledge Transfer Network," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(5), pages 1-22, March.

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