The effects of network centrality, absorptive capacity on unit's innovation and performance:the case of shipping industry

• Main Author: 鄭景文
• Other Authors: 陳義勝
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2002
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/06028814846064483235

碩士 === 國立海洋大學 === 航運管理學系 === 90 === Organization units can produce more innovation and enjoy better performance if they occupy central network position that provide access to new knowledge developed by other units. The effect, however, depends on units’ absorptive capacity, or ability to successful replicate new knowledge. After reviewing the relevant literature, in this study, we take shipping industry for example and try to explore the role that network centrality and absorptive capacity play in unit’s innovation and performance. In the other hand, we also introduce absorptive capacity as media variance into the model and survey the mediating effect between network centrality and unit’s innovation and performance. A unit’s external knowledge access is characterized by its network position. By occupying acentral network position, a unit is likely to access useful knowledge from other units. An organization unit’s internal learning capacity determines the extent to which it can absorptive new knoeledge from other units. High aborrptive capacity is associated with a better chance to successfully apply new knowledge toward commercial ends, producing more innovations and better business performance. Additionally, there exists indirect effect between network centrality and unit’s innovation and performance, that is, thorugh absorptive capacity netwok centrality will enhance unit’s innovation and performance. Hence, the result suggests that a unit or organization has to invest significantly in its absorptive capacity when expending its network links.