The influence of incubating firm' social capital on knowledge acquisition and knowledge exploitation

Universities because of the importance and position they play in the every countries’ socio-economic development, require attention to personnel social capital at the university, because the social capital, makes effective knowledge management possible.With respect to the importance of social and human capital and knowledge management, the present study was done to explore the relationship between social capital and knowledge management with emphasis on the human capital. This research is survey- descriptive of correlation type and the required data were collected through library-field. The subjects in this study consist of Payame Noor University staff of Hormozgan province.In this study, 54 staff of Bandar Abbas Payame Noor University were selected through random sampling. After gathering the required data through knowledge management questionnaire, knowledge management processes were measured based on the five dimensions such as the capture of knowledge, acquisition of knowledge, transmission of knowledge, creation of knowledge and application of knowledge. In order to provide for the reliability of the questionaire cronbachs alpha was used. In order to check the significance of the difference between responses descriptive and inferential statistics such as regression, one way anova and t test were run using SPSS version 20. The result show that the staff means score of knowledge management was 76/66±20/48. The result shows that there was a significant relationship between social capital and knowledge management. Also there was a significant relationship between social capital and the five components of knowledge management such as capture of knowledge, acquisition of knowledge, transmission of knowledge, creation of knowledge and application of knowledge. Also there was a significant relationship between human capital and the component of knowledge management.

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Knowledge acquisition and the foreign development of high-tech start-ups: A social capital approach

International Business Review ◽

10.1016/j.ibusrev.2006.12.004 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 23-46 ◽

Cited By ~ 107

Author(s):

Manuela Presutti ◽

Cristina Boari ◽

Luciano Fratocchi

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Knowledge Acquisition ◽

High Tech ◽

Start Ups

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Role of Nature in Creation of Iranian Myths

Asian Social Science ◽

10.5539/ass.v12n6p123 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (6) ◽

pp. 123

Author(s):

Abolghasem Dadvar ◽

Roya Rouzbahani

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Knowledge Management ◽

Knowledge Acquisition ◽

Knowledge Creation ◽

Significant Relationship ◽

Knowledge Transmission ◽

Five Dimensions ◽

Transmission Of Knowledge ◽

The Difference

Nature has always been an important element of myths and religions and had a different standing within ideologies. Because various factors have been involved in creation of myths, this research aims to clarify the role of nature in creation of Iranian myths. Generally, the structure of Iranian myth is a kind of belief in duality of nature, in human and in the conflict forces existing in the world which best are expressed in the continued conflict between good and evil forces. Iran is a country with varied natural geography and can be called the land of great conflicts, so this paper aims to investigate the role of nature in the creation of Iranian myths and determine the effective natural and mythological forces. Data gathered by the documentary method and the research was performed by a descriptive, adaptive and analysis method. According to the results, this research concludes that natural elements play a significant role in the Iranian myth.llected through library-field. The subjects in this study consist of Payame Noor University staff of Hormozgan province. In this study, 54 staff of Bandar Abbas Payame Noor University were selected through random sampling. After gathering the required data through knowledge management questionnaire, knowledge management processes were measured based on the five dimensions such as the capture of knowledge, acquisition of knowledge, transmission of knowledge, creation of knowledge and application of knowledge. In order to provide for the reliability of the questionaire cronbachs alpha was used. In order to check the significance of the difference between responses descriptive and inferential statistics such as regression, one way anova and t test were run using SPSS version 20. The result show that the staff means score of knowledge management was 76/66±20/48. The result shows that there was a significant relationship between social capital and knowledge management. Also there was a significant relationship between social capital and the five components of knowledge management such as capture of knowledge, acquisition of knowledge, transmission of knowledge, creation of knowledge and application of knowledge. Also there was a significant relationship between human capital and the component of knowledge management.

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The Effect of Local Market Knowledge Acquisition through Social Capital of Foreign Subsidiary on Reverse Knowledge Transfer

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS REVIEW ◽

10.21739/ibr.2013.12.17.4.153 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 153

Author(s):

Gap Yeon Jeong

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Knowledge Transfer ◽

Knowledge Acquisition ◽

Foreign Subsidiary ◽

Local Market ◽

Market Knowledge ◽

Reverse Knowledge Transfer

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Intellectual capital, knowledge management and social capital within the ICT sector in Jordan

Journal of Intellectual Capital ◽

10.1108/jic-06-2016-0067 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 18 (2) ◽

pp. 437-462 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Bushra Meaad Ramadan ◽

Samer Eid Dahiyat ◽

Nick Bontis ◽

Mahmoud Ali Al-dalahmeh

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Knowledge Management ◽

Knowledge Transfer ◽

Knowledge Acquisition ◽

Intellectual Capital ◽

Information And Communications Technology ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Data Set ◽

Content Type ◽

Knowledge Intensive

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the mediating effect of social capital (SC) on knowledge management (KM) and intellectual capital (IC). Design/methodology/approach A conceptual model of the connections between IC, KM, and SC was developed and the posited hypotheses were tested using a survey data set of 281 questionnaires collected from knowledge workers working in 72 information and communications technology companies operating in Jordan. Findings The findings show that knowledge documentation and knowledge transfer emerged as having the strongest effects on IC, followed by knowledge acquisition and knowledge creation, while knowledge application was found to have an insignificant effect. Also, knowledge transfer and knowledge acquisition emerged as the only two significant processes for the development of SC. Moreover, SC was found to partially and significantly mediate the effects of all processes on IC. Practical implications To promote the development of IC, particularly, in a knowledge-intensive business service (KIBS) sector, documentation, transfer, acquisition, and creation of knowledge are especially effective processes. Furthermore, SC can be significantly enhanced through ensuring effective internal knowledge transfer and acquisition practices. Nurturing IC in a knowledge-intensive context can also be significantly enhanced through looking at the firm as a cooperative knowledge-sharing entity, i.e. investing in SC. Originality/value This is the first empirical study that has examined the links among KM processes, SC, and IC in a KIBS sector within an “oil-poor,” “human resource-rich” Arab developing country context.

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