Title: The role of social capital and organisational learning in promoting innovation performance

Authors: Chi-Min Wu, Chang-Ruey Ay, Bella Ya-Hui Lien

Addresses: Department of Recreation and Health-Care Management, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science, 60 Erh-Jen RD., Sec.1, Jen-Te, Tainan 717, Taiwan, ROC. ' Department of Business Administration, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Rd., Min-Hsiung Chia-Yi, Taiwan, ROC. ' Department of Business Administration, National Chung Cheng University, 168 University Rd., Min-Hsiung Chia-Yi, Taiwan, ROC

Abstract: Knowledge and innovation have become the keys to the existence of enterprises in such current rapidly changing and complex environment. Consequently, how enterprises utilise social capital and organisational learning to promote innovation performance has been a topic of interest to scholars and practitioners. Therefore, this study focused on the Taiwanese biotechnology industry and issued questionnaires via purposive sampling, and then conducted structural equation modelling (SEM) using 105 valid questionnaires to test the hypotheses. The main findings were as follows: 1) internal social capital and external social capital significantly and positively affect organisational learning; 2) organisational learning significantly and positively affects innovation performance; 3) organisational learning is an important full mediator of internal/external social capital and innovation performance.

Keywords: social capital; organisational learning; innovation performance; Taiwan; knowledge; biotechnology; purposive sampling; structural equation modelling; information systems; change management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJISCM.2009.032755

International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management, 2009 Vol.4 No.2, pp.171 - 186

Published online: 19 Apr 2010 *

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