The effects of relational embeddedness on service innovation performance: network competence as a mediator
by Zhaoquan Jian; Mohamed Ali Osman; Lei Li
International Journal of Services Operations and Informatics (IJSOI), Vol. 8, No. 3, 2017

Abstract: Based on network theory and surveys of 243 service providing enterprises in South China, this study investigates the effects of relational embeddedness and network competence on service innovation performance respectively. The mechanisms by which network competence mediates the relationship between relational embeddedness and service innovation were also discussed. Results reveal that both relational embeddedness and network competence are positively related to service innovation performance; network competence has a fully mediating effect on the relationship between relational embeddedness and service innovation performance. This paper contributes to the service innovation literature by extending theories regarding relational embeddedness and network competence to the research field of service innovation.

Online publication date: Tue, 10-Jan-2017

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