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Network Dynamic for Experimental Learning Cycle and Innovation Process: A Conceptual Model

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Published/Copyright: February 7, 2022

Abstract

This study develops a conceptual model of network dynamics on innovation by integrating observations and insights from a world-leading innovation company with concepts and theories from the relevant literature. This study first defines the two stages of the innovation process – early-stage and late-stage and unpacks two types of network activities – knowledge networks and social networks. This work then suggests that the experimental learning cycle with failures spontaneously stimulates network activities to become cognitively activated in the innovation process and incorporates six testable propositions. This study illuminates the idea of Learning by Networking and demonstrates that inventors constitute the reality about what knowledge involves and which people act and intentionally create network dynamics for each task, thus merging these streams as a sequential phenomenon.


Corresponding author: Siwei Zhu, Paseka School of Business, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN, USA, E-mail:

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Received: 2021-07-15
Accepted: 2022-01-16
Published Online: 2022-02-07

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  1. Frontmatter
  2. Competitive Research Articles
  3. Understanding Imagination in Entrepreneurship
  4. The Connections Between Founders’ Social Network and Human Capital in Technology-Based New Ventures
  5. Team Ventures and Acquisition Exits: Are Team-Founded Ventures More Likely to be Acquired?
  6. Entrepreneurs’ Networking Styles and Normative Underpinnings during Institutional Transition
  7. Effect of the Social and Cultural Control on Young Eastern Ethnic Minority Groups’ Online-Startup Motivation
  8. Factors Affecting Social Entrepreneurial Intention: An Application of Social Cognitive Career Theory
  9. “Resources at Hand, Head, and Heart”: ‘Heightened Habitus’ as an Endogenous Resource in Immigrant Entrepreneurial Bricolage
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  11. Strategic Decision-Making and Performance in Social Enterprises: Process Dimensions and the Influence of Entrepreneurs’ Proactive Personality
  12. Network Dynamic for Experimental Learning Cycle and Innovation Process: A Conceptual Model
  13. Economic Context and Entrepreneurial Intention: Analysis of Individuals’ Perceptions in a Spanish University Context
  14. Feeling Right: Regulatory Fit Theory and Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Investment Decisions
  15. Understanding the Role of Perceptions in Opportunity Evaluation: A Discrete Choice Experiment
  16. Entrepreneurial Well-being: An Exploratory Study for Positive Entrepreneurship
  17. How Does Institutional Context Influence Entrepreneurship Education Outcomes? Evidence from Two African Countries
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