Impact of Knowledge Management Capabilities on New Product Development and Company Performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (01) ◽  
pp. 2170001
Author(s):  
Hakki Yildirmaz ◽  
M. Atilla Öner ◽  
Nicole Herrmann
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
New Product ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Management Capabilities

Managing knowledge is a critical challenge for organizations while it is a major potential for gaining competitive advantage. This empirical study confirms and improves a framework which proposes a link between knowledge management enablers and knowledge creation process. The model introduces improvements on the process-oriented perspective of knowledge by using the knowledge creation model by adding business strategies and market dynamism to the model. As an inter-mediator, new product development is accepted. This research provides a structural equation model (SEM) that can be referred by academicians and enables managers a tool that can be used for seeking sound strategies.

Impact of Knowledge Management Capabilities on New Product Development and Company Performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (04) ◽  
pp. 1850030 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hakki Yildirmaz ◽  
M. Atilla Öner ◽  
Nicole Herrmann
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
New Product ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Management Capabilities

Managing knowledge is a critical challenge for organizations while it is a major potential for gaining competitive advantage. This empirical study confirms and improves a framework which proposes a link between knowledge management enablers and knowledge creation process. The model introduces improvements on the process-oriented perspective of knowledge by using the knowledge creation model by adding business strategies and market dynamism to the model. As an inter-mediator, new product development is accepted. This research provides a structural equation model (SEM) that can be referred by academicians and enables managers a tool that can be used for seeking sound strategies.

Investigating the Impact of Knowledge Management Factors on New Product Development Performance

2011 ◽  
pp. 210-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belbaly Nassim
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
New Product ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Management Factors ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Npd Performance

Knowledge is recognized as an important weapon for new product development (NPD) performance, and many firms are beginning to manage the knowledge detained by their new product development processes. Researchers have investigated knowledge management factors such as enablers, creation processes, and performance. However, very few studies have explored the relationship between these factors in the context of new product development (NPD). To fill this gap, this article develops a research model which applies the knowledge management factors to the NPD context. The model includes five enablers: collaboration, trust, learning, team leadership characteristics, and t-shaped skills with an emphasis on the knowledge creation processes such as socialization, externalization, combination, and internalization. The results confirm the strong support of the research model and the impact of the independent variables (knowledge management enablers) on the dependent variables (knowledge creation and NPD performance). In light of these findings, the implications for both theory and practice are discussed.

scholarly journals A Study on Knowledge Management Capabilities towards New Product Innovation Type and Development Performance of Chinese Businesses

2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (s2) ◽  
pp. 145-157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng Xu
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Product Development ◽  
New Product Development ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
New Product ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Knowledge Management Capabilities ◽  
Management Capabilities ◽  
Innovation Type

A business needs to constantly innovate and reinforce the competitiveness for the survival development and sustainable management. Focus on new product development has become the key factor in modern manufacturers maintaining the competitiveness. The process and the results depend on the effective application and management of organizational knowledge that it is necessary to reinforce the capabilities in order to promote the new product development performance. With random sampling, the employees and the managers in top ten businesses of 1,000 Chinese industrial businesses are distributed 1,000 copies of questionnaire. Total 568 effective copies are retrieved, with the retrieval rate 57%. The results show 1. the significantly positive correlation between knowledge acquisition capabilities in knowledge management capabilities and new product development performance, 2. the remarkably positive correlation between knowledge transformation and application capabilities in knowledge management capabilities and new product development performance, 3. the notably positive correlation between knowledge protection capabilities in knowledge management capabilities and new product development performance, and 4. the signifi- cant moderating effects of product innovation type on the correlation between knowledge management capabilities and new product development performance. The research results are expected to provide essential contributions and suggestions for the knowledge management capabilities and the new product development of Chinese businesses.

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