scholarly journals Knowledge Management, Market Orientation and Innovation: a study at a Technology Park of Santa Catarina

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 70-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovana Bueno ◽  
Elaine John ◽  
Franciane Lyra ◽  
Fernando Lenzi
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Market Orientation ◽  
Santa Catarina ◽  
Technology Park

Moderating Effect of Access to Finance and Competitive Environment on Human Capital, Knowledge Management, Market Orientation and SMES Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-105
Author(s):  
Mohd Noor Mohd Shariff ◽  
Khansa Masood ◽  
Halim Mad Lazim
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Market Orientation ◽  
Competitive Environment ◽  
Leather Industry ◽  
Access To Finance ◽  
Economic Development And Growth ◽  
Dependent Variables ◽  
The Relationship

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are considered as foundation stones of economic development and growth of any economy (Centobelli, Cerchione, & Esposito, 2019). Performance of SMEs is of fundamental significance for all developed as well as developing nations. Similarly, Pakistan is no exception to aforementioned fact. The economic development and growth of Pakistan depend on the performance of SMEs to a great extent. Like, most countries in the world, SMEs comprise more than 90% of total business entities in Pakistan (Degong et al., 2018; Waqas & Nawaz, 2019) and leather industry in one that is attracted by the researchers of present study. Constraints in the growth of leather industry of Pakistan include, lack of skilled human capital, rising cost of production, lack of modern-day knowledge about new products and processes, low profitability and lack of capability to penetrate into international markets, lack of market research, access to finance, intensive competitive rivalry (Khalique et al., 2011; Daily Times, 2016, Awan et al., 2019). Few studies have revealed mixed findings regarding the relationship between knowledge management and firm performance and there is abundance of literature that demonstrates the presence of significant and positive relationship between Market Orientation and Firm performance (Slater & Narver , 1995; Baker & Sinkula, 2009; Udriyah, Tham, & Azam, 2019). On the other hand, some studies have argued that there is no direct and significant relationship between Market Orientation and Firm Performance (Polat & Mutlu, 2012; Shehu & Mahmood, 2014). Moreover, keeping in view the mixed and inconclusive findings regarding the relationship between cause and effect variables, it is appropriate to introduce moderating variables that can significantly influence the relationship between independent and dependent variables as recommended by Baron and Kenny (1986). Access to Finance and Competitive Environment can be served as prospective moderators which are quite appropriately related to proposed variables of the study (Prajogo & Oke, 2016; Rogo et al., 2016; Jaworski & Kohli, 1993) which are quite appropriately related to selected variables of the study. Thus, the research problem expressed that "Access to finance and competitive environment can potentially moderates and affect the relationship between independent and dependent variables. Hence, based on the past literature and aforementioned discussion, the present study intended to examine the moderating effects of Access to Finance and Competitive Environment on the Relationship between Human Capital, Knowledge Management, Market Orientation and SMEs Performance in Leather Industry of Pakistan". Keywords: Small medium enterprise, performance, access to finance, competitive environment

scholarly journals Gestão do Conhecimento e Orientação para o Mercado como Fonte de Vantagem Competitiva: uma survey em empresas do sul do Brasil (Knowledge Management and Market Orientation as a Source of Competitive Advantage: a survey on companies in southern Brazil)

Gestão org ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliana Andréa Severo ◽  
Julio Cesar Ferro de Guimarães ◽  
Arícia Morais de Medeiros ◽  
Ênio Vinicius Baracho Eduardo ◽  
Robson Da Silva Alves ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Market Orientation ◽  
Southern Brazil

A globalização e a turbulência de mercado exigem que as organizações busquem estratégias para a vantagem competitiva. Neste contexto, a gestão do conhecimento visa a criação, transferência e circulação do conhecimento nas organizações, bem como o investimento no capital intelectual. No entanto, a orientação para o mercado defende uma cultura orientada para o cliente, a fim de oferecer-lhes produtos de maior valor agregado de forma eficiente e efetiva. Perante o exposto, este estudo tem como objetivo analisar a influência da gestão do conhecimento e da orientação para o mercado sobre a vantagem competitiva em 426 empresas de comércio e serviços do Sul do Brasil. A metodologia utilizada tratou-se de uma pesquisa quantitativa, por meio da análise fatorial exploratória e regressão linear múltipla. Os resultados destacam que tanto a gestão do conhecimento, como a orientação para o mercado estão positivamente relacionadas com a vantagem competitiva.

Does Market Orientation Mediate between Knowledge Management Orientation and Business Performance?

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (04) ◽  
pp. 1950039
Author(s):  
Rayees Farooq ◽  
Sandeep Vij
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Market Orientation ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
National Capital Region ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Indian States ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Management Orientation ◽  
The Relationship

The objective of the study is to test the relationship between knowledge management orientation (KMO) and business performance (BP). KMO is a higher-order construct consisting of three second-order constructs: learning orientation (LO), knowledge sharing orientation (KSO), and information technology orientation (ITO). The paper explores the mediating role of market orientation (MO) in the relationship between KMO and BP. In this firm-level study, the personal survey was administered to key informants in 400 listed firms (from manufacturing and service sector) from North Indian States and Union Territories [including Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chandigarh and National Capital Region (NCR)]. Two respondents each from these 400 firms were approached. The study found that KMO positively affects BP. MO does not mediate the relationship between KMO and BP. Rather, KMO fully mediates the relationship between MO and BP. The study provides evidence in support of KMO as a mediator between MO and BP. KMO of the firm provides a dynamic capability for realizing the benefits of a firm’s MO. The study contributes to the knowledge management literature by empirically validating the KMO, MO and BP constructs.

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