How social capital and knowledge affect innovation

This research analyzes the effects of interorganizational links on radical innovation using a comprehensive framework that integrates three research streams: social capital, the knowledge-based view and innovation. Incorporating data from 143 companies of innovative manufacturing and service industr...

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Published in:Journal of business research 2011-12, Vol.64 (12), p.1369-1376
Main Authors: Pérez-Luño, Ana, Cabello Medina, Carmen, Carmona Lavado, Antonio, Cuevas Rodríguez, Gloria
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cooperation
Impact analysis
Innovation
Innovations
Knowledge complexity
Knowledge management
Knowledge tacitness
Manufacturing
Networks
Organizational analysis
Radicalness
Service industry
Social capital
Studies
Technological change
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Summary:This research analyzes the effects of interorganizational links on radical innovation using a comprehensive framework that integrates three research streams: social capital, the knowledge-based view and innovation. Incorporating data from 143 companies of innovative manufacturing and service industries, our results show that while knowledge complexity per se exerts a clear influence on radical innovation, the effect of knowledge tacitness appears only in combination with social capital. Similarly, the mere existence of strong cooperation agreements (relational social capital) does not guarantee more radical innovations, only when combining high levels of social capital with tacit knowledge does this antecedent produce more radical innovation.
ISSN:0148-2963
1873-7978
DOI:10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.01.014