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Benefiting from Social Groups: Managerial Network Communities and Corporate Collaborative Innovation

  • Lin Chen , Peter Teirlinck , Ruiyang Niu ORCID logo EMAIL logo and Guanghua Xie
Published/Copyright: January 24, 2025

Abstract

This study examines the influence of managerial network communities (MNCs) on corporate collaborative innovation. Based on the sample of Chinese A-share listed firms, we demonstrate that embedding in dense MNCs benefits corporate collaborative innovation. This is associated with the information and knowledge exchange and trust establishment. Moreover, firms with managers occupying a position more at the core of MNCs benefit more than firms with peripheral members. In regions with high intellectual property rights protection, firms are more inclined to engage in collaborative innovation through MNCs. Mechanism tests show that cross-regional collaborative innovations benefit more from MNCs, and MNCs’ positive effect on collaborative innovation is more outspoken in regions characterized by low social trust. Our findings enrich the understanding of the managers’ social network from the meso-level network community perspective and provide managerial guidelines for more fully releasing MNCs’ positive role in facilitating corporate collaborative innovation.

JEL Classification: O36; G32; G34

Corresponding author: Ruiyang Niu, PhD Candidate of School of Management, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 127 West Youyi Road, Beilin District, Xi’an, Shaanxi, 710072, China, E-mail:

Funding source: National Natural Science Foundation of China

Award Identifier / Grant number: 72471195;71901171

Funding source: China Scholarship Council

Award Identifier / Grant number: 202306790157

Funding source: Doctoral Dissertation Innovation Fund of Northwestern Polytechnical University

Award Identifier / Grant number: CX2024077

Funding source: Shaanxi Provincial Social Science Foundation

Award Identifier / Grant number: 2022R016,2022R024;2022R033

Funding source: Shaanxi Provincial Soft Science Project

Award Identifier / Grant number: 2022KRM111; 2023 CX-RKX-033

Funding source: The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

Award Identifier / Grant number: 3102021XJS01

Funding source: Gansu University of Political Science and Law University-level Scientific Research Innovation Project

Award Identifier / Grant number: GZF2023XZD06

Funding source: Special Project for Philosophical and Social Sciences Research in Shaanxi Province

Award Identifier / Grant number: 2024QN018;2024HZ0609

Funding source: Jiangxi Province Natural Science Foundation project

Award Identifier / Grant number: 20232BAB211008

Funding source: The Project of the Science and Technology Department of Henan Province

Award Identifier / Grant number: 232102210064

Funding source: Henan Province Higher Education Teaching Reform Research and Practice Project

Award Identifier / Grant number: 2024SJGLX0131

Funding source: Major Project of Basic Research in Philosophy and Social Sciences of Higher Education Institutions of Henan Province

Award Identifier / Grant number: 2024-JCZD-16

  1. Research funding: This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (72471195, 71901171), China Scholarship Council (202306790157), Doctoral Dissertation Innovation Fund of Northwestern Polytechnical University (CX2024077), Shaanxi Provincial Social Science Foundation (2022R016, 2022R024, 2022R033), Shaanxi Provincial Soft Science Project (2022KRM111; 2023 CX-RKX-033), The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (3102021XJS01), Gansu University of Political Science and Law University-level Scientific Research Innovation Project (GZF2023XZD06), Special Project for Philosophical and Social Sciences Research in Shaanxi Province (2024QN018, 2024HZ0609), Jiangxi Province Natural Science Foundation project (20232BAB211008), The Project of the Science and Technology Department of Henan Province (232102210064), Henan Province Higher Education Teaching Reform Research and Practice Project (2024SJGLX0131) and Major Project of Basic Research in Philosophy and Social Sciences of Higher Education Institutions of Henan Province (2024-JCZD-16).

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Received: 2023-11-23
Accepted: 2024-12-13
Published Online: 2025-01-24

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