Relationship Between Conditions of Knowledge Management and Innovation Capability in New Technology-Based Firms

Abstract

Successfully developing a new product, service or production process for commercial purposes involves complex and dynamic changes, and therefore requires conditions of knowledge management that fosters innovation. In this sense, processes by which knowledge is created and exploited in the firm constitute key competence and source of innovation capabilities. The objective of the study is to examine the relationship between conditions of knowledge management and innovation capability. The sample consists of 102 Colombian new technology-based firms. According to results, conditions of knowledge management has a positive effect on innovation capability, specifically flexible structure, information and communications technology, strategic purpose, and competitive environment. The results help firms, especially those that require a lot of knowledge and carry out their activities in uncertain and dynamic environments, to management and understand how the processes of innovation capability are influenced by the conditions of knowledge management.

Relationship between Organizational Climate and Innovation Capability in New Technology-Based Firms

“…Regarding the instrument used, although it has adequate psychometric properties and has been used in other studies [64], it is a self-report scale, therefore, the subjectivity of the person responding influences their responses, even if to a lesser degree. To avoid this, and especially to measure the variables of innovation capability (given that the organizational climate itself is made up of people's beliefs, perceptions, and feelings), it would be advisable to take concrete indicators of innovation, taken from audits or observation scales, which would be much more objective indicators and reflect the closest thing to what happens in the reality of these firms.…”

“…The scale developed by Acosta-Prado, Romero, and Tafur-Mendoza was used, which has adequate psychometric properties and has been used in NTBFs [63,64]. The instrument contains 17 items related to the two constructs (organizational climate and innovation capability).…”

Knowledge Management and Innovation in Agricultural Organizations:

“…Several studies aim to confirm the relationship between these two variables, where the results are positive and significant (Acosta-Prado et al, 2020;Al-Dmour et al, 2020;Hock-Doepgen et al, 2020;Nagano and Iacono, 2019;Yousaf and Ali, 2018;Mejía et al, 2016;Obeidat et al, 2016;Dos Santos-Ferreira and Santos, 2014;Jiménez-Jiménez et al, 2014), particularly in SMEs (Väyrynen et al, 2017;Saini and Bhargava, 2020) and in higher education institutions (Elmorshidy, 2018;Sadeghi Boroujerdi et al, 2019). Moreover, other studies show the influence of knowledge management on innovation and the effect on performance (Singh et al, 2019;Mardani et al, 2018;Migdadi et al, 2017;Marques et al, 2016).…”

Factores de gestión del conocimiento en entidad pública del sector de tránsito y transporte

“…Una forma de afrontar estos desafíos es en la medida que se pueda transformar el aprendizaje individual en conocimiento organizacional (CO), para generar productos y/o servicios de valor agregado. De esta manera, el conocimiento organizacional se considera, actualmente, como una de las fuentes principales para promover el desempeño empresarial (Acosta et al, 2020a), la ventaja competitiva (Al Zoubi, 2020) y las capacidades de innovación (Acosta et al, 2020b;Balasubramanian et al, 2019). Específicamente, se destacan dos tipos de CO: el explícito y el tácito.…”

“…En este sentido, la gestión del conocimiento involucra un conjunto de condiciones organizacionales internas y externas que favorecen la solución de los problemas y el desarrollo de habilidades (Acosta et al, 2020b). En la literatura se identifican diferentes condiciones para gestionar el conocimiento organizacional.…”