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<p>The increasing turbulence of the economic environment leads to changes in the business style, and adapting to this new style requires a cluster approach. In this sense, the goal of the research relates to determining the impact of the cluster internal and external interaction on innovative performance and innovative performance on organizational performance, as well as determining the impact of the cluster internal and external relational embeddedness on innovative success and innovation success on organizational performance using path analysis. The obtained results indicated direct positive and statistically significant influences between the observed variables, except in the case of the influence of innovative performance on organizational performance, where no direct significant connection was found. The study’s findings showed that the promotion of industrial clusters alone cannot ensure the generation of innovations for the benefit of the organizations that are members of the cluster, but should also consider the organization’s specificity for successful implementation.</p>
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The increasing turbulence of the economic environment leads to changes in the business style, and adapting to this new style requires a cluster approach. In this sense, the goal of the research relates to determining the impact of the cluster internal and external interaction on innovative performance and innovative performance on organizational performance, as well as determining the impact of the cluster internal and external relational embeddedness on innovative success and innovation success on organizational performance using path analysis. The obtained results indicated direct positive and statistically significant influences between the observed variables, except in the case of the influence of innovative performance on organizational performance, where no direct significant connection was found. The study’s findings showed that the promotion of industrial clusters alone cannot ensure the generation of innovations for the benefit of the organizations that are members of the cluster, but should also consider the organization’s specificity for successful implementation.

Do Industrial Clusters Contribute to Organizations’ Innovation Performance? Path Analysis

Economic Themes

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The increasing turbulence of the economic environment leads to changes in the business style, and adapting to this new style requires a cluster approach. In...

Do Industrial Clusters Contribute to Organizations’ Innovation Performance? Path Analysis

Published Online: Jan 26, 2024

Page range: 387 - 406

Received: Dec 29, 2022

Accepted: Sep 20, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ethemes-2023-0020

Keywords
cluster internal interaction, cluster external interaction, organizational performance, innovative performance, innovative success, path analysis, Republic of Serbia

© 2023 Ivana Kostadinović et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Do Industrial Clusters Contribute to Organizations’ Innovation Performance? Path Analysis

Published Online: Jan 26, 2024

Page range: 387 - 406

Received: Dec 29, 2022

Accepted: Sep 20, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ethemes-2023-0020

Keywordscluster internal interaction, cluster external interaction, organizational performance, innovative performance, innovative success, path analysis, Republic of Serbia

© 2023 Ivana Kostadinović et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
cluster internal interaction, cluster external interaction, organizational performance, innovative performance, innovative success, path analysis, Republic of Serbia