Network position and firm performance - the mediating role of innovation

نویسندگان

  • Wilfred Dolfsma
  • René van der Eijk
چکیده

Analysing a unique, domain-similar database including all horticulturalists in a major flower-producing country, this paper shows that a firm’s central position in a network significantly improves its financial performance. The effect of strategic positioning in a network is in large part mediated through its enhanced innovativeness. Strategically positioning in a network of firms contributes more to firm performance, both directly as well as indirectly, than other strategic options a firm has available, such as seeking scale, seeking to diversify, pursuing cost advantages, or locating in a cluster. ARTICLE HISTORY Received 11 November 2014 Revised 6 July 2016 Accepted 11 July 2016

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Techn. Analysis & Strat. Manag.

دوره 29  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2017