Abstract
Innovation networks aimed at the joint development of products, services or processes are a particular form of inter-organizational business networks. In order to yield useful results from these collaborations, networks need to be managed thoroughly. By appointing a dedicated network manager to administrate, coordinate, and regulate, the managing of tasks is bundled and centralized within a single entity. Under consideration of the interaction-oriented network approach, we analyze network managers’ direct and indirect influence on “soft” and “hard” network performance measures in innovation networks. Our results suggest that innovation network’s core management functions mediate network managers’ effect on a “soft factor” – the relational performance (RP). In turn, RP correlates positively with a “hard factor” – the goal achievement performance (GAP). Additionally, moderating effects were found for power distribution’s influence on the effect that network managers have on management functions, as well as for network duration’s relevance for the correlation between relational and goal achievement performance.
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