The Effects of Innovation Alliance on Network Structure and Association Rules

Social network structure affects the spread and penetration of information, thus to a large extent is advantageous to the promotion of knowledge innovation. This paper analyzes the network structure of the alliance network among Chinese enterprises, and through the association rules mines and then analyzes the impact that the network structure of innovation alliance network has on the innovation performance of 156 firms in the network. The experimental results show that suitable network structure has a positive impact on enterprise innovation.