The Research On The Affection Of Network Structure Characteristics To Enterprise Innovation And Performance

Chinese economy has fleetly developed over 30 years along with the economy globalization and the progress of science and technology, in the mean time, the reform and open policy also make management environment changing sharply. On one hand, competition is becoming fiercer; on the other hand, cooperation is widely accepted. Competition brings much more business threat, cooperation creates many business opportunity. The developing knowledge economy, contemporary science and technology, economic globalization, and modern information technology revolution, jointly constitute the research context. So it is significant theoretically and practically to do research on enterprise innovation and enterprise performance from the perspective of network.Under the background of networking of firms' organization and innovation pattern, how network structure characteristics affects enterprise innovation and enterprise performance is an interesting question. Based on the theory analysis, we adopt the research methods of field discussion, questionnaire and case study, and explore how network structure characteristics affect enterprise innovation and enterprise performance. Our research mainly concerns the four topics:(1) How about the relationship and mechanism among network structure characteristics, organizational learning and knowledge management?(2)How about the relationship and mechanism among network structure characteristics, enterprise innovation and enterprise performance?(3) How about the relationship and mechanism among organizational learning, enterprise innovation and enterprise performance? (4) How about the relationship and mechanism among knowledge management, enterprise innovation and enterprise performance?In order to interpret these questions, the article uses the methods including theory study and empiric study, literature study and investigating study, qualitative analysis and quantitative analysis. We use 161 samples and draw on main conclusions as follows:(1) Network structure characteristics have direct effect on organizational learning and knowledge management, and organizational learning has direct effect on knowledge management;(2) Network structure characteristics havn't direct effect on enterprise performance, enterprise innovation is mediated variable between network structure characteristics and enterprise performance; (3) Organizational learning hasn't direct effect on enterprise performance; enterprise innovation is mediated variable between organizational learning and enterprise performance;(4) Knowledge management hasn't direct effect on enterprise performance; enterprise innovation is mediated variable between knowledge management and enterprise performance;As a whole, focusing on how network structure characteristics influences enterprise innovation and enterprise performance, based on network theory, learning theory, knowledge management theory and innovation theory, this dissertation conducts some theoretical innovations as follows.(1) Society network analysis is divided into two kinds of basic view, the micro network view of the selfishness society and macro network view of whole society network. Selfishness society network take individual as center, as study relation of society network. Whole society network concern all of node of relation, as analysis the whole structure of network. This text is in the micro view of selfishness society network, it select network structure characteristics tas a special view to research enterprise innovation, and divide six dimension of the network structure characteristic into network density, network intensity, network scale, network center, network reciprocal and network stability, research view be more novel.(2) Based on network theory, learning theory, knowledge management theory and innovation theory, combining theory analyzing and empiric studying, through discriminating the concept about network structure characteristics, organizational learning, knowledge management and enterprise innovation, building up linkages among theories of network, learning, knowledge management and innovation, opening the black-box of how network structure characteristics acts on enterprise innovation and enterprise performance. This dissertation prove that organizational learning and knowledge management are important mediate viable among network structure characteristics and enterprise innovation. We establish the relation path and theoretical framework of "network structure characteristics-organizational learning- knowledge management- enterprise innovation- enterprise performance", which uncovers the gap of relative theory.(3) Analyzing organizational learning and knowledge management's deep sense and important function for technical innovation and management innovation in the network environment, expanded application scope of the organizational learning and knowledge management. The network structure characteristics is vital foregoing variable of organizational learning and knowledge management, organizational learning and knowledge management is vital foregoing variable of enterprise innovation. Along with the increasing of technique complexity, It is impossible that firm have the necessary technique ability of each realm, therefore, for realizing enterprise innovation, we have to search innovation resources provided by network, gradually to form the technique cooperate effect and technique combination advantage, and to realize scope economy of network colleague in the innovation network. But in this process, organization learning and knowledge management undoubtly are key affect factor of enterprise innovation.(4) The article empirically analyzes the mechanism that network structure characteristics affects enterprise innovation and performance in China. The relationships among network structure characteristics, organizational learning, knowledge management, enterprise innovation, and enterprise performance are different between China and Foreign countrys. The innovation is especially discussed in network environment of China. This research can provide a substantial evidence support for knowledge management and innovation's qualitative study and quantitative study in network environment. The study provides that organization learning and knowledge management are important for enhancing innovation and performance in network environment in theory and practice.