Research on the influence of social relations on social enterprise performance: The mediating role of business model innovation

Jianlin Wu, and Wenhao Cai

School of Management, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China

Graphical abstract

Theoretical framework of social relations on social enterprise performance.

Public summary

■ Social relations have a significant positive impact on economic performance and social performance.

■ Business model innovation plays a mediating role between social relations and economic performance.Business model innovation plays a mediating role between social relations and social performance.

■ Market information management capability positively moderates the relationship between social relations and business model innovation.