Journal
JOURNAL OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Volume 36, Issue -, Pages 165-177Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/j.jom.2014.06.001
Keywords
Supplier network; Technological diversity; Novel information sharing; Buyer-supplier relational strength; Supplier network density; New product creativity
Funding
- Office of International Studies and Programs at University of Missouri-St. Louis
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [71222202]
- Research Grants Council, Hong Kong SAR Government [HKU 793613B]
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External networks provide important knowledge sources of innovation for firms. Drawing on social network theory, this study examines how technological diversity in supplier network influences a focal buyer firm's innovation. The results from a survey of 202 Chinese manufacturing firms and their supplier networks reveal that novel information sharing partially mediates the effect of technological diversity in supplier network on buyer firms' new product creativity. The positive effect of technological diversity is enhanced by buyer-supplier relational strength but inhibited by supplier network density; competitive intensity positively moderates this effect, and technological turbulence negatively moderates it. These findings provide novel insights into how buyer firms can use their supplier networks to enhance product innovation. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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