Innovation and Network Structure:A Study of Wuhan Optoelectronic Cluster

摘要：

This research investigates the rehtionship between a firm’s positions of network and innovation which focuses on Wuhan Optoelectronic cluster in China．Using binary logistic regression analysis，the paper posits that degree centrality and eigenvector centrality have a positively impact on the likelihood of gaining access to complementary knowledge which contribute to innovation but that closeness centrality and betweenness centrality have not statistically significant．Results from correlations show that only three centrality variables indicate a significant relationship with innovation．Among innovation and the different centrality variables the highest correlation is between innovation and betweenness centrality followed degree centrailty and eigenvector centrality．It seems to indicate support for the idea that being located in a central position leads to innovation and access tocomplementary knowledge．

关键词： Innovation Cluster Centrality Complementary knowledge

作者: MEI Shuen XIAO Peng

作者单位: School of Business and Management,Anhui University,P.R.China,230039

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2008 Conference on Regional Economy and Sustainable Development(2008区域经济与可持续发展国际学术会议)

会议地点: 济南

会议语种:英文

页码: 192-196

在线出版日期: 2008-11-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）