Knowledge Sharing within the Firm, Absorptive Capacity and Innovation Capability: An Empirical Investigation on Chinese Firms

摘要：

Based on the sample of 115 Chinese firms, this paper employs the structural equation modeling technique to empirically test the influence of knowledge sharing behavior on absorptive capacity, innovation capability, and the influence of absorptive capacity on innovation capability. The empirical results suggest that there exists a significant positive relationship between absorptive capacity and innovation capability. While the traditional system such as job rotation program and employee suggestion systems can contribute to firms absorptive capacity, their influence on the firms innovation capability is insignificant. On the other hand, knowledge sharing behaviors among employees do not affect absorptive capacity significantly, but they do have a significant positive effect on innovation capability. The managerial implications are inferred from the empirical results.

关键词： Knowledge sharing Absorptive capacity Innovation capability Structural equation modeling

作者: Song Zhihong Fan Libo

作者单位: School of Business, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing, P.R.China, 100029

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 第六届管理学国际会议(Proceedings of ICM2007 the 6th International on Management)

会议地点: 武汉

会议语种:英文

页码: 1415-1421

在线出版日期: 2007-08-03（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）