Study on the Relationship of Information Technology, Network Position, and Innovation Performance: A Theoretical Framework

摘要

In this study, we focus on two antecedents of innovation performance of enterprise: (1) access to network resources and (2) IT application. We develop a theoretical framework that examines the relationships between IT-enabled capability, network position, and innovation performance. We can use the framework to test the direct effect which different kinds of network position (rich in structural holes or with high centrality )have on the enterprise' ability to introduce a greater number and a wider range of innovative actions and the innovation performance as a result. We propose that enterprise benefit from two kinds of network position when they develop a strong IT-enabled capability. when firms do not have advantageous access to brokerage opportunities or when firms are embedded in network position with high centrality, IT-enable ability can be a moderator in the relationship between network position and innovation performance.