The Impact of Internal Co-Inventor Network on Innovation Performance-A Case of Chinese ICT Manufacturing Industry on Patent Data Analysis

Abstract

The internal enterprise's innovation network is one of the important drivers of the drive organization's innovation performance. Based on the theory of social network, this paper analyzes the patent data of Chinese ICT listed companies from 2005 to 2014 with the help of negative binomial regression. We systematically and comprehensively analyze the effects of Chinese ICT listed company internal inventor cooperation network characteristics on innovation performance from three dimensions: network location, small world and cooperation intensity. The empirical results show that the relationship between betweenness centrality and innovation performance is inverted U-shaped, the same as the relationship between clustering coefficient and innovation performance; and the intensity of network cooperation has a positive effect on the innovation performance of enterprises. The structure hole has no a significant influence on the company innovation performance in the network location. The results of this article are of reference meaning for improving the innovation performance of ICT industry in China.