Knowledge management practices in different SMEs: an empirical study in India

This paper presents an empirical study on how knowledge management practices and innovation sources affect product innovation performance, among the 152 manufacturers in the low- and high- tech industries in China. The results indicate that external innovation sources are positively correlated with innovation activities and new product performance. Intellectual Property (IP) and knowledge management practices (KMP) are positively correlated with innovation activities, and KMP is positively correlated with innovation sources. The dual effect of KMP shows its indispensable effect on the new product development for both high-tech and low-tech firms, but for low-tech firms, such effect is relatively weak. This empirical study shows that IP management is critical to high-tech but not low-tech firms. We also found that, for innovation activities, low-tech depends on the external sources of innovation whilst high-tech firms do not.

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The impacts of knowledge management practices on innovation activities in high- and low- tech firms

Journal of Global Information Management ◽

10.4018/jgim.20211101oa50 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 29 (6) ◽

pp. 0-0

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Empirical Study ◽

New Product Development ◽

Management Practices ◽

New Product ◽

High Tech ◽

Dual Effect ◽

Innovation Activities ◽

External Sources ◽

Knowledge Management Practices

This paper presents an empirical study on how knowledge management practices and innovation sources affect product innovation performance, among the 152 manufacturers in the low- and high- tech industries in China. The results indicate that external innovation sources are positively correlated with innovation activities and new product performance. Intellectual Property (IP) and knowledge management practices (KMP) are positively correlated with innovation activities, and KMP is positively correlated with innovation sources. The dual effect of KMP shows its indispensable effect on the new product development for both high-tech and low-tech firms, but for low-tech firms, such effect is relatively weak. This empirical study shows that IP management is critical to high-tech but not low-tech firms. We also found that, for innovation activities, low-tech depends on the external sources of innovation whilst high-tech firms do not.

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How do Knowledge Management Practices Affect Sustainable Balanced Performance? Mediating Role of Innovation Practices

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11185129 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (18) ◽

pp. 5129 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Changiz Valmohammadi ◽

Javad Sofiyabadi ◽

Bahare Kolahi

Keyword(s):

Factor Analysis ◽

Knowledge Management ◽

Empirical Study ◽

Management Practices ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Knowledge Based ◽

Industrial Companies ◽

Knowledge Management Practices ◽

Innovation Practices

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the mediating role of innovation practices (IP) amidst relations of knowledge management practices (KMP) and sustainable balanced performance (SBP). Furthermore, this research illustrates a comprehensive empirical study in the Iranian knowledge-based industrial companies that are the manufacturers of advanced machineries and equipment. First- and second-order exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was done to confirm constructs validity. Then, relations among variables were studied by applying the partial least squares (PLS) technique to collected data from 104 industrial knowledge-based companies. The results obtained from the analysis supported all the research hypotheses. KPM significantly and strongly affects IP and SBP. Also, IP mediates the relations between KPM and SBP in industrial knowledge-based firms.

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