Research on the Mechanism of Structural Embeddedness Influcence on Enterprise Competitive Intelligence Performance

  • Tong Lijuan ,
  • Tong Ruobei ,
  • Zhang Jianlin ,
  • Li Huan
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  • 1 School of Management, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048;
    2 School of Economic Management, Henan Institute of Science and Technology, Xinxiang 453003

Received date: 2019-08-30

  Revised date: 2019-11-26

  Online published: 2020-06-05

Abstract

[Purpose/significance] Social network is inseparable from enterprise competitive intelligence activity. By exploring the formation of structural embeddedness and its impact on intelligence performance, the mechanism model of structural embeddedness affects intelligence performance is constructed to provide support for enriching competitive intelligence theory and enhancing the intelligence capability of enterprises. [Method/process] This paper took the enterprise that understand and engage in intelligence work as the research object, and used the questionnaire and structural equation model fitting method to analyze the mechanism of network scale,network status and network density affecting intelligence performance. [Result/conclusion] It was found that competitive intelligence work requires structural embeddness. Moreover, network scale expansion is particularly beneficial for identifying, screening and filtering out the needded intelligence.

Cite this article

Tong Lijuan , Tong Ruobei , Zhang Jianlin , Li Huan . Research on the Mechanism of Structural Embeddedness Influcence on Enterprise Competitive Intelligence Performance[J]. Library and Information Service, 2020 , 64(11) : 57 -66 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2020.11.007

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