| Creators: |
Wagner, Heinz-Theo and Beimborn, Daniel and Moos, Bernhard |
| Title: |
What makes a firm innovative? An inter-organizational social capital perspective on external partners’ influence on a firm’s intellectual capital |
| Item Type: |
Article or issue of a publication series |
| Projects: |
IDI |
| Journal or Series Title: |
International Journal of Innovation Management : IJIM |
| Additional Information: |
Open Access |
| Date: |
2023 |
| Divisions: |
Informationsmanagement |
| Abstract (ENG): |
This research investigates how and to which extent the social capital inherent in a firm’s external relationships to diverse business partners contributes to the firm’s intellectual capital and in turn fosters its innovativeness. We apply the Social Capital Theory to an inter-organizational context and show how a firm’s social relationships with its various external partners contribute to its intellectual capital, and how these contributions differ between different types of partners (e.g., customers vs. suppliers). In contrast to intra-organizational contexts, we show that the association between social capital and intellectual capital is positive, neutral, or even negative depending on the external partner’s position vis-à-vis a firm’s supply chain and the type of knowledge. Using data from 153 German manufacturing firms, the results of a PLS-based analysis provide important insights into how and through which mechanisms firms can become successful innovators. |
| Forthcoming: |
No |
| Language: |
English |
| Link eMedia: |
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| Citation: |
Wagner, Heinz-Theo and Beimborn, Daniel and Moos, Bernhard
(2023)
What makes a firm innovative? An inter-organizational social capital perspective on external partners’ influence on a firm’s intellectual capital.
International Journal of Innovation Management : IJIM.
ISSN 1757-5877
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