Title: Exploring the impact of communication on innovation

Authors: A. Nuri Basoglu; Tugrul U. Daim; Aysegul Dogan; Fatih Taskin; Fredy Gomez

Addresses: Department of Management Information Systems, Bogazici University, Bebek, Istanbul 34342, Turkey ' Department of Engineering and Technology Management, Portland State University, P.O. Box 751, Portland OR, USA ' Department of Management Information Systems, Bogazici University, Bebek, Istanbul 34342, Turkey ' Department of Management Information Systems, Bogazici University, Bebek, Istanbul 34342, Turkey ' Department of Engineering and Technology Management, Portland State University, P.O. Box 751, Portland OR, USA

Abstract: By advancement of new technologies, employees of an organisation can form a network structure that every employee may influence each other in a relational way. The accumulation and interaction of such relationship is creating a company's 'social capital'. Social capital is embodied in many ways by creating business value. We find out that one of this business values that social capital creates is innovation. There are many factors involved in the relationship of network body of organisation and innovation. Our study revealed that the most important factor in creation of innovation networks is information flow.

Keywords: communication; innovation; social networks; teamwork; leadership; problem solving; employee networks; social capital; information flow.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2013.054168

International Journal of Business Information Systems, 2013 Vol.13 No.1, pp.70 - 90

Published online: 30 Aug 2013 *

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