Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Sharing, and Innovation Performance: Evidence from the Chinese Construction Industry

Yongfu Li, Yu Song, Jinxin Wang and Chengwei Li
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Yongfu Li: School of Management Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan 250101, China
Yu Song: School of Management Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan 250101, China
Jinxin Wang: Engineering Audit Section of Audit Office, Shandong Normal University, Jinan 250358, China
Chengwei Li: School of Management Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan 250101, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 9, 1-20

Abstract: Knowledge economy era is an era driven by innovation, mainly based on the input of intangible assets which plays decisive roles in the long-term development of enterprises. The product value of enterprises is largely determined by their intellectual capital. Therefore, as pillars of China’s economy, construction enterprises must strengthen their investments in intellectual capital, and to achieve competitiveness in the market, enterprises must share knowledge with the other members of their networks. This study explores the relationship among the intellectual capital, knowledge sharing, and innovation performance of construction enterprises and the mediating effect of knowledge sharing on the relationship between intellectual capital and innovation performance by using data collected from a questionnaire survey. These data are analyzed along with the aforementioned relationships by using SPSS and a structural equation model. The findings indicate that intellectual capital not only has a direct positive influence on the innovation performance of construction enterprises but also positively affects their innovation performance through knowledge sharing. This paper concludes by presenting its limitations and the implications of its findings.

Keywords: intellectual capital; knowledge sharing; innovation performance; construction industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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