| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立高雄應用科技大學 === 商務經營研究所 === 98 === The primary objective of this study is to investigate the potential influence of Founders’ ties and human capital on organization innovation. In addition, this study determines whether or not business network mediates the relationships among contextual variables. Inspired by the social capital and network perspectives, this work devises a hypothesized model for exploring the links among contextual variables and collects data via a questionnaire design. Accordingly, in the conceptual model, business network is conceptualized as a second-order construct comprised of three complementary first-order dimensions: suppliers interaction, customer interaction, and interaction with industry. To clarify the relationships among these variables, structural equation modeling (SEM) is used to examine the hypothesized model’s fit and hypotheses. Using data from a study of 222 new organization founders sampled from Taiwan’s Small and Medium Business enterprises that invest in China, the SEM results clearly demonstrate the mediating role of business network in the relationship between founders’ ties and both organization innovation and firm performance, as well as the relationship between founders’ human capital and both organization innovation and firm performance. In addition, the result suggests that organization innovation strengthens firm performance. Moreover, this paper offers a contribution to the current literature by adding empirical evidence from Taiwan’s Small and Medium Business enterprises that invest in China on the role of business network in the organization innovation.
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