Innovation in networks of companies with different governance structures Online publication date: Mon, 23-May-2022
by Leander Luiz Klein; Nelson Beuter Júnior; Kadígia Faccin
International Journal of Business Excellence (IJBEX), Vol. 27, No. 1, 2022
Abstract: Different studies have found that companies' networks facilitate innovation in their member companies. However, little is known about how innovations occur in networks with different modes of governance. In this sense, the purpose of this article is to identify which innovations arise in networks with a governance structure focused on leading companies in comparison to the governance structure based on network administrative organisation (NAO). Interviews with twelve entrepreneurs (six of each distinct governance structures) realised. As the main results, we verify the greater diversity of innovation in networks with governance mode based on the NAO model. Innovations in product and market have been more explicit in the networks with this structure of governance. We conclude that structural, managerial, coordination, and control aspects of members' activities favour networks with the NAO model and direct more innovations in these networks.
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