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(e.g. assistance relationship). The only difference between ColNet and OptoNet is
the later contains communication relationships with competitors. In Figure 5,
because communication relationships between competitors are quite less, the
difference between Figure 4 and Figure 5 are also quite small.
4.3 Hypotheses Prove for the Second Stage
4.3.1 Direct Ties and Innovation Performance
The regressive results of H6a (Table 10) indicate that direct ties of four kinds of
network have significantly positive effect on innovation performance. Hence, the
more direct ties a firm maintains, the more information the firm holds. Then
because of these information and knowledge from communication among actors,
the firm has better innovation performance. Moreover, direct ties of LCD-InsNet
have better explanation on innovation performance.
Table 10
Regression analysis of position variables on innovation performance of each
communication network
Innovation Performance
Direct Ties
Unstandardized
Coefficient(B)
Standardized
Coefficients(ß)
R
2
Adjusted R
2
t value
Sig,
LCDNet
0.191
0.486
2.223
0.041**
0.236
0.188
LCD-InstNet
0.170
0.664
3.556
0.003***
0.441
0.407
ColNet
0.156
0.641
3.343
0.004***
0.411
0.374
OptoNet
0.126
0.577
2.824
0.012**
0.333
0.291
Innovation Performance
Closeness
LCDNet
14.008
0.509
2.368
0.031**
0.260
0.213
LCD-InstNet
19.216
0.642
3.347
0.004***
0.412
0.375
ColNet
22.347
0.637
3.304
0.004***
0.406
0.368
OptoNet
19.323
0.570
2.778
0.013**
0.325
0.283
Innovation Performance
Betweenness
LCDNet
13.155
0.487
2.231
0.040**
0.237
0.190
LCD-InstNet
18.889
0.572
2.788
0.013**
0.327
0.285
ColNet
20.507
0.549
2.625
0.018**
0.301
0.244
OptoNet
20.627
0.537
2.545
0.022**
0.288
0.244
Innovation Performance
Coreness
LCDNet
14.079
0.621
3.166
0.006***
0.385
0.347
LCD-InstNet
18.532
0.703
3.950
0.001***
0.494
0.462
ColNet
18.566
0.697
3.888
0.001***
0.486
0.454
OptoNet
16.425
0.631
3.254
0.005***
0.398
0.361
Innovation Performance
Structural Holes
LCDNet
4.159
0.337
1.432
0.171
0.114
0.058
LCD-InstNet
5.531
0.431
1.909
0.074*
0.186
0.135
ColNet
5.294
0.418
1.838
0.085*
0.174
0.123
OptoNet
5.747
0.441
1.965
0.067*
0.194
0.144
Note: *p<0.1, **p<0.05, ***p<0.01
Note: LCDNet: Communication Network
LCD-InstNet: LCD Communication Network with Institutions
ColNet: LCD collaborative network
OptoNet: the whole optoelectronics network with Institutions in STSP
