How does technological diversity in supplier network drive buyer innovation? Relational process and contingencies

被引：166

作者：

Gao, Gerald Yong ^{[1
]}

Xie, En ^{[2
]}

Zhou, Kevin Zheng ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Missouri, Dept Mkt, St Louis, MO 63021 USA

[2] Xi An Jiao Tong Univ, Sch Management, Xian 7100049, Shaanxi, Peoples R China

[3] Univ Hong Kong, Fac Business & Econ, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Peoples R China

来源：

JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT | 2015年 / 36卷

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

Supplier network; Technological diversity; Novel information sharing; Buyer-supplier relational strength; Supplier network density; New product creativity; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; MARKET ORIENTATION; FIRM PERFORMANCE; INTERFIRM COLLABORATION; TRANSACTION COSTS; SOCIAL-STRUCTURE; TIES; CONSEQUENCES; EMBEDDEDNESS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jom.2014.06.001

中图分类号：

C93 [管理学];

学科分类号：

12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;

摘要：

External networks provide important knowledge sources of innovation for firms. Drawing on social network theory, this study examines how technological diversity in supplier network influences a focal buyer firm's innovation. The results from a survey of 202 Chinese manufacturing firms and their supplier networks reveal that novel information sharing partially mediates the effect of technological diversity in supplier network on buyer firms' new product creativity. The positive effect of technological diversity is enhanced by buyer-supplier relational strength but inhibited by supplier network density; competitive intensity positively moderates this effect, and technological turbulence negatively moderates it. These findings provide novel insights into how buyer firms can use their supplier networks to enhance product innovation. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：165 / 177

页数：13

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