Knowledge Forms and Enterprise Innovation Performance: An Evidence from the Dimensions of Stock and Flow

Qian Sun and Renyong Hou
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Qian Sun: Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China
Renyong Hou: Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China

International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM), 2017, vol. 13, issue 3, 55-70

Abstract: Enterprises cannot innovate without knowledge, but the relationship between different knowledge forms and enterprise innovation performance remains unclear. Using data from hi-tech firms in Biolake of Optics Valley in China, this article explores the mechanism of knowledge forms and enterprise innovation performance. Results show that (1) knowledge stock has an inverse U-shaped relationship with enterprise innovation performance; (2) knowledge flows from internal R&D efforts and external collaborative innovation are positively correlated with enterprise innovation performance; (3) knowledge stock plays a positive moderating effect on knowledge flow from internal R&D efforts and enterprise innovation performance and a negative moderating effect on knowledge flow from external collaborative innovation and enterprise innovation performance. Suggestions about knowledge accumulation strategies and the knowledge resource loop in knowledge management practices are proposed.

Date: 2017
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