Communication channels, innovation tasks and NPO project outcomes in innovation-driven horizontal networks

摘要

Inter-organizational collaborations play a critical role in innovations and new product developments. In this study, the link between the innovation task analyzability and the richness of communications channels used in network arrangements and the link between task analyzability and ties and project development time are analyzed . The links based on the data collected from 372 respondents representing 93 different innovation-driven horizontal networks are considered for the analysis. The results reveal a negative link from task analyzability to communication channel richness and a positive link from communication channel richness to ties. Communication channel richness partially mediates the influence of task analyzability on both NPD project outcomes of ties and development time. (119 refs.)