How Do Firms Build Different Innovation Networks? Integrating Technological Platform and Strength of Ties Perspectives

• 발행기관: 글로벌경영학회
• 저자명: 오수정
• 간행물 정보: 『글로벌경영학회지』제21권 제5호, 228~247쪽, 전체 20쪽
• 주제분류: 경제경영 > 경영학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2024.10.31

국문 초록

Successful open innovation depends not only on knowledge flows between focal firms and external parties but also on organizing and participating in inter-organizational network. Historically, innovation network has been addressed in platform and network research, respectively. This prevents us from comprehensively understanding the boundaries and strength of relationships among participants in innovation networks. Thus, this study attempts to integrate technological platform and social capital theory, especially the strong-and-weak-tie perspectives, to explore different relationships among agents in various innovation networks and examine how these relationships are constructed. This study applied the comparative case study approach, focusing on the automotive and robotics industries in South Korea, by conducting 21 semi-structured interviews. Results show that participants in the supply chain platform build strong ties through the direct intervention of the government and a focal firm. By contrast, participants in the ecosystem platform construct weak ties through episodic events, enabling short-term gathering. This finding indicates that different types of platforms significantly affect tie strengths and underscore the need for different approaches to establish such relationships. Combining the concepts of technological platforms and strength of ties provides vibrant interpretations of firm innovation strategies.

영문 초록

성공적인개방형혁신은주요기업과외부당사자간의지식흐름뿐만아니라, 조직간네트워크 의 조직화와 참여에도의존한다. 역사적으로 혁신 네트워크는 플랫폼 및네트워크 연구에서 각각 다루어져 왔다. 이는혁신네트워크참가자간의관계의경계와강도를포괄적으로이해하지못하 게한다. 따라서본연구는기술플랫폼이론과사회자본이론, 특히강한연결과약한연결관점 을 통합하여다양한네트워크내에이전트간의관계를탐구하고이러한관계가어떻게구축되는 지를분석하였다. 본연구는한국의자동차산업과로봇산업에초점을맞춘비교사례연구방법 을 적용하여21개의 반구조화된인터뷰를 수행했다. 연구 결과, 공급망플랫폼 참여자들은정부와 주요기업의직접적인개입을통해강한연결을구축하는반면, 생태계플랫폼참여자들은에피소 드성이벤트를통해약한연결을구축했다. 이러한연구결과는플랫폼의유형이연결강도에상당 한 영향을 미치며, 이러한 관계를 구축하기 위해 다양한 접근 방식이 필요하다는 것을 시사한다. 본연구는기술플랫폼과연결강도를통합함으로써기업혁신전략에대한풍부하고통찰력있는 해석을 제공한다.

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. Theoretical Background

III. Method

IV. Result

V. Discussion

Ⅵ. Conclusion

키워드

Innovation Network Technological platform Social capital Tie strength 혁신 네트워크 기술 플랫폼 사회 자본 연결 강도