Establishing Corporate Innovation Communities: A Social Capital Perspective

✍ Scribed by Martin Dumbach (auth.)

• Publisher: Gabler Verlag
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 289
• Series: Markt- und Unternehmensentwicklung / Markets and Organisations
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Because of the specific characteristics of innovation communities, social relationships between community members play a pivotal role for performance in such settings. In response, Martin Dumbach takes a social capital perspective and approaches the research question: What are antecedents of social capital in corporate innovation communities? Using both qualitative as well as quantitative methods, the research presented offers interesting insights into the dynamics of the development of community networks. In more detail, the author describes innovation community social capital as a self-reinforcing asset that is affected by antecedents on the individual, the community, and the organizational level. These findings add to the literature on innovation communities and social capital and have important implications for community management.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XIX
Front Matter....Pages 1-7
Innovation communities and social capital theory....Pages 8-10
The research gap: Limited knowledge on antecedents of social capital....Pages 11-11
Overview of studies....Pages 12-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Structure of part II....Pages 19-20
The paradigm of open innovation....Pages 21-26
The central characteristics of corporate innovation communities....Pages 27-32
The relevance of social capital in innovation processes....Pages 33-51
Derivation of research gap and research question....Pages 52-53
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
Structure of part III....Pages 57-59
General methodological issues....Pages 60-62
Case selection....Pages 63-69
Data collection and analysis....Pages 70-78
Findings on antecedents of corporate innovation community social capital....Pages 79-122
Discussion....Pages 123-128
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Structure of part IV....Pages 131-135
Theoretical foundations....Pages 136-160
Model development....Pages 161-174
Empirical field....Pages 175-180
Data analysis approach....Pages 181-189
Measures and measurement validity....Pages 190-207
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Hypotheses testing....Pages 208-211
Discussion....Pages 212-216
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
Summary of studies....Pages 219-222
Theoretical implications....Pages 223-226
Managerial implications....Pages 227-235
Limitations and avenues for future research....Pages 236-238
Conclusion....Pages 239-239
Back Matter....Pages 240-275

✦ Subjects

Management/Business for Professionals