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How enterprise interactions in innovation networks affect technological innovation performance: The role of technological innovation capacity and absorptive capacity

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  • Mengjuan Fan
  • Wu Huang
  • Shengxu Xiong

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Current research on the impact of innovation networks focuses on the web and inter-organizational layers, with less consideration of individual behavior at the firm level. Interaction is an active action strategy that firms take when dealing with the external environment. Therefore, this study explores the mechanism of enterprise interaction on innovation development from the perspective of an innovation network. And measures enterprise interaction in three dimensions: affective interaction, resource interaction, and management interaction. The empirical results indicate that the three dimensions of enterprise interaction contribute significantly to technological innovation performance, and the realization of this role requires technological innovation capabilities (technological research and development capabilities, technological commercialization capabilities) to play a partially mediating role. The moderating effect of absorptive capacity between resource interaction, management interaction, and technological innovation capability is significant; however, the moderating effect between affective interaction and technological innovation capability is statistically insignificant. This study promotes the development of interaction theory to a certain extent, which helps enterprises build appropriate industrial chains in innovation networks and achieve rapid development.

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  • Mengjuan Fan & Wu Huang & Shengxu Xiong, 2023. "How enterprise interactions in innovation networks affect technological innovation performance: The role of technological innovation capacity and absorptive capacity," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(3), pages 1-23, March.
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    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282540
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