The Influence Of Enterprise Network Location On Innovation Performance

With the development of internet industry, more and more companies are pursuing a new modal of network structure named eco-network system. In order to take the network position where it can be the center of the network, Apple Inc. uses the technology to build the platform to connect the app suppliers and customers. Innovation is one of the most vital goals to operate a company. However, under the theory of dynamic, it only can be achieved if the company finds out the way to integrate its network situation and technology innovation. The range of the network includes the suppliers, customers, competitors and the related research organizations. Before construct the network, the company needs to know its own status.Based on the dynamic theory and open innovation theory, this paper focus on researching how the external environment affects the innovation performance through the internal ability. The data come from 275 companies with different scale in various industries and tested with reliability and validity by SPSS. The analysis methods in this study also include correlation analysis, regression analysis and structural equation modal. The conclusions of this study are network centrality affects the company’s absorptive ability and innovation performance positively; universities and related organizations are help to improve the absorptive ability; the network position affects the innovation performance with the mediation of absorptive ability.