INFORMATION RESEARCH

Revealing the Role of Social Capital and Knowledge Stock in Driving the Evolution of Collaborative Innovation Networks

  • Jin Qianqian ,
  • Chen Hongshu ,
  • Wang Xuefeng
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  • School of Management, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081

Received date: 2023-08-02

  Revised date: 2023-11-22

  Online published: 2024-03-28

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This work is supported by the Youth Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China titled “Research on university-industry collaboration causing mechanism and potential cooperative opportunity discovery in multi-source heterogeneous networks” (Grant No. 72004009).

Abstract

[Purpose/Significance] Based on social capital and knowledge stock of innovation entities, the in-depth research on the dynamic evolution characteristics and internal mechanisms of collaborative innovation networks can promote the innovation entities to integrate superior resources, expand collaboration channels, and further enhance their capacity for innovation.[Method/Process] With knowledge elements extraction, network dynamic modeling and social network analysis, this paper constructed domain’s collaborative innovation network and overall knowledge network, and focused on the local knowledge networks of individual innovation entities to reveal the driving mechanism of social capital and knowledge stock on the evolution of collaborative innovation networks.[Result/Conclusion] On the empirical analysis of the lithography patent data from 2003 to 2022, this paper exposes that the transitivity of collaborative innovation networks, the organizational proximity and cognitive proximity between innovation entities, as well as the knowledge diversity and knowledge combination potential of innovation entities drive the establishment of collaboration relations in innovation networks. Meanwhile, the degree centrality of innovation entities and the transitivity of local knowledge networks have a negative effect on the formation of collaborative innovation networks. Finally, this paper proposes some suggestions for stimulating collaboration and innovation in domains.

Cite this article

Jin Qianqian , Chen Hongshu , Wang Xuefeng . Revealing the Role of Social Capital and Knowledge Stock in Driving the Evolution of Collaborative Innovation Networks[J]. Library and Information Service, 2024 , 68(6) : 93 -103 . DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.0252-3116.2024.06.009

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