Technical environment matters: The effect of dynamic network capability on innovation based on a moderated mediation analysis

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Technovation Pub Date : 2024-10-08 DOI:10.1016/j.technovation.2024.103116

Yan Wang , Naiding Yang , Sayed Muhammad Fawad Sharif , Mingzhen Zhang , Min Guo

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Abstract

In the era of networked research and development, where the environment is continuously changing and evolving, complex product innovation requires the ongoing configuration of external partnerships. This necessity highlights the growing importance of dynamic network capability (DNC). However, the existing literature on how DNC influences innovation remains inadequate, which significantly hinders both the theoretical and practical development of DNC. Drawing on dynamic capabilities theory and social embeddedness theory, this paper investigates the effect of DNC on innovation, focusing on the mediating role of dynamic positioning and the moderating role of the technical environment. Based on data from a sample of 270 complex product firms across eight key cities in China, the results indicate that DNC is significantly and positively correlated with complex product innovation. Moreover, dynamic positioning, characterized by increased centrality (CI), acts as a mediator in this relationship. The technical environment plays a dual role in this context: externally (industry), technological turbulence (TT) amplifies the impact of DNC on CI, while internally (product), technological complexity (TC) diminishes this impact. Further moderated mediation analysis supports these findings, showing that TT enhances the mediating effect of CI on the relationship between DNC and innovation, whereas TC weakens this effect. Interestingly, TT and TC do not jointly moderate the above relationship. When both internal (product) and external (industry) technical environments are considered simultaneously, the moderating effect of external (industry) TT proves to be more significant.

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技术环境很重要：基于调节中介分析的动态网络能力对创新的影响

在环境不断变化和发展的网络化研发时代，复杂的产品创新需要不断建立外部合作伙伴关系。这种必要性凸显了动态网络能力（DNC）日益增长的重要性。然而，关于动态网络能力如何影响创新的现有文献仍然不足，这极大地阻碍了动态网络能力的理论和实践发展。本文借鉴动态能力理论和社会嵌入理论，研究了 DNC 对创新的影响，重点关注动态定位的中介作用和技术环境的调节作用。基于中国八个重点城市 270 家复杂产品企业的样本数据，结果表明 DNC 与复杂产品创新显著正相关。此外，以中心度（CI）增加为特征的动态定位在这一关系中起到了中介作用。在这种情况下，技术环境扮演着双重角色：从外部（行业）看，技术动荡（TT）扩大了 DNC 对 CI 的影响，而从内部（产品）看，技术复杂性（TC）则削弱了这种影响。进一步的调节中介分析支持这些结论，显示技术动荡增强了 CI 对 DNC 与创新之间关系的中介效应，而技术复杂性则削弱了这种效应。有趣的是，TT 和 TC 并没有共同调节上述关系。当同时考虑内部（产品）和外部（行业）技术环境时，外部（行业）TT 的调节作用更为显著。

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Technovation 管理科学-工程：工业

CiteScore

15.10

自引率

11.20%

发文量

208

审稿时长

91 days

期刊介绍： The interdisciplinary journal Technovation covers various aspects of technological innovation, exploring processes, products, and social impacts. It examines innovation in both process and product realms, including social innovations like regulatory frameworks and non-economic benefits. Topics range from emerging trends and capital for development to managing technology-intensive ventures and innovation in organizations of different sizes. It also discusses organizational structures, investment strategies for science and technology enterprises, and the roles of technological innovators. Additionally, it addresses technology transfer between developing countries and innovation across enterprise, political, and economic systems.