Abstract
Collaborative innovation in a supply chain cooperative network can improve the performance of the enterprise. However, how to achieve the sustainable and stable improvement of the enterprise synergy innovation in a supply chain cooperative network is a common topic of research. Based on a survey of 236 enterprises in 53 supply chain cooperative networks, this study found: (1) Integrative leadership has a positive impact on the enterprise synergy innovation performance in a supply chain cooperative network; (2) Knowledge integration and network relationship embeddedness play partial mediating roles between integrative leadership and the enterprise synergy innovation performance, respectively; (3) Knowledge integration and network relationship embeddedness play a sequenced mediating role between integrative leadership and the enterprise synergy innovation performance; (4) The partial mediation role of knowledge integration and network relationship embeddedness are of no significant difference; however, their single mediating roles are greater than that of the sequenced mediating role of knowledge integration and network relationship embeddedness. This paper further emphasizes the key role of the core organization leadership in a cooperative network and discusses its functional route, which is of great importance in developing the theory system of leadership and providing guidance for the cooperation of the supply chain.
Highlights
Constant innovation has become a critical factor for achieving competitive advantages [1,2]
Based on the theory of partnership, the resource-based view as well as core organization leadership, this study explores the joint effect of knowledge integration and network relationship embeddedness on the enterprise synergy innovation performance in a supply chain cooperative network
Based on the above analysis, this study explores the relationship between integrative leadership and enterprise synergy innovation performance in supply chain cooperative network and proffers the following hypothesis: Hypothesis 1 (H1)
Summary
Constant innovation has become a critical factor for achieving competitive advantages [1,2]. Many enterprises have tried to integrate their resources in a supply chain cooperative network [5,6]. How to achieve sustainable and stable improvement of the enterprise synergy innovation performance in the supply chain cooperative network has led to many discussions in academia and industry [4,9,10]. Knowledge sharing, absorption, integration, and utilization among enterprises are conducive to improving the collaborative innovation performance in a supply chain cooperative network. Certain scholars have explored the influence of relationships among different enterprises in the synergy innovation performance in a supply chain cooperative network. The leadership of the core organization is integrative leadership, which is a new paradigm of leadership, which applies to a cooperative network that has no obvious direct administrative affiliation among enterprises. Few studies have discussed the key role of the core enterprise in the supply chain
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