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Hu, Yansong (2013) Hyperlinked actors in the global knowledge communities and diffusion of innovation tools in nascent industrial field. Technovation, Volume 33 (Number 2-3). pp. 38-49. doi:10.1016/j.technovation.2012.10.001 ISSN 0166-4972.
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Abstract
Innovation is accomplished through collaborations of thousands of researchers embedded in a growing international knowledge community, where some hyperlinked actors can strongly impact the diffusion of innovation tools within the community. Few extant studies have empirically inspected the following issues which govern the influence of hyperlinked actors: (1) how the heterogeneity in their actor attributes regulates the volume of their influences; (2) how the nature of connectivity of these actors impacts the volume of their influences. Our current study intends to address this gap by examining the diffusion of innovation tools among life scientists around the world in a time span of 16 years, and we find that for hyperlinked scientists: (1) heavy usage and high variety of usage behaviors have stronger relationship with diffusion rate than light usage and low variety of usage; (2) light usage and high variety usage behaviors have stronger relationship with extent of diffusion than heavy usage and low variety usage; (3) international links have stronger relationship with both the rate and extent of diffusion than domestic links. Our work contributes to innovation research by providing a sharper understanding on the social contagion mechanism in innovation diffusion within global knowledge communities
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Technovation | ||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 0166-4972 | ||||
| Official Date: | 2013 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 33 | ||||
| Number: | Number 2-3 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 38-49 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.technovation.2012.10.001 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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