The Impact of IT Capability on Open Innovation Performance: The Mediating Effect of Knowledge Integration Capability

Abstract

Abstract: Open innovation depends on integrating internal and external knowledge and information technology plays a crucial role in promoting open innovation. However, there is no empirical study to explore the inner mechanism of the effect of IT capability on open innovation performance. Based on the theory of knowledge integration, we divide IT capability is into internal IT capability and external IT capability, and then construct a model including IT capability, knowledge integration capability and open innovation performance. By obtaining 192 questionnaires data, we leverage the application of structural equation model to verify the proposed hypotheses. The empirical results show that both internal IT capability and external IT capability can directly affect the open innovation performance; internal IT capability and external IT capability have indirect effect on the open innovation performance through the knowledge integration capability. This study has enriched the influence factors of open innovation performance and provided theoretical guidance for enterprises using information technology to improve open innovation performance.

Key words: internal IT capability, external IT capability, knowledge integration capability, open innovation performance

Ding Xiuhao, Wu Suming. The Impact of IT Capability on Open Innovation Performance: The Mediating Effect of Knowledge Integration Capability[J]. Management Review, 2020, 32(10): 147-157.

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