Research on the Performance of Knowledge Co-Creation of Science and Technology Enterprises Based on IUR Network

The current research on knowledge co-creation mostly starts from the perspective of process, studying the process of knowledge co-creation, but there is very little research on the performance of knowledge co-creation. As the carrier of enterprise knowledge co-creation, the industry-university-research network (IUR network) provides a platform for enterprise knowledge co-creation. The purpose of this article is to explore the influence of the centrality of the IUR network on the performance of corporate knowledge co-creation, and the mediating role of corporate absorptive capacity. Technology companies are knowledge-intensive companies and have more knowledge co-creation behaviors. Therefore, this article selects the top 100 technology companies in China’s electronic information industry from 2015 to 2019 as the research sample, and establishes the IUR network based on their cooperative patent data. Our empirical results show that: (1) in the IUR network, the higher the network centrality, the enterprise may have better knowledge co-creation performance; (2) the centrality of the industry-university-research network has a significant role in promoting absorptive capacity of enterprises; (3) the absorptive capacity of enterprises has a complete intermediary effect between the centrality of the IUR network and the knowledge co-creation of technology-based enterprises. This research uses the IUR network to study the performance of knowledge co-creation, which further enriches the related research fields of knowledge co-creation.

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Investigating the impact of absorptive capacity on operational performance: the mediating role of supply chain resilience

International Journal of Integrated Supply Management ◽

10.1504/ijism.2021.117247 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 306

Author(s):

Ziad Alkalha ◽

N.A. Zu' ◽

bi M.F. Al Zu' ◽

N.A. bi ◽

Saad Zighan

Keyword(s):

Supply Chain ◽

Absorptive Capacity ◽

Operational Performance ◽

Supply Chain Resilience ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Impact

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The Mediating Role of Absorptive Capacity in the Relationship between Research Community Participation and Open Innovation

SHS Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/shsconf/202112408010 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 124 ◽

pp. 08010

Author(s):

Rabiah Eladwiah Abdul Rahim ◽

Nor’ashikin Ali ◽

Juraifa Jais

Keyword(s):

Community Participation ◽

Absorptive Capacity ◽

Open Innovation ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Research Community ◽

Management Support ◽

Top Management Support ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Relationship

This study aims to investigate the factors influencing research community participation and open innovation through the mediating role of absorptive capacity from the lens of Resource Based View and Dynamic Capability perspectives. Based on a survey of 115 senior engineering faculties from three research universities in Malaysia, this study applies the Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) to investigate the research model. The findings demonstrate that top management support has a major impact on research community participation. The findings also suggest that absorptive capacity mediates the association between research community participation and open innovation capability. This study provides a theoretical basis on the resources and capability that are pertinent for open innovation. From a practical perspective, the relationships among research community participation, absorptive capacity, and open innovation suggest how universities can promote research community participation and assess their absorptive capacity to achieve open innovation.

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The Relationship between External Knowledge Acquisition and Financial Performance－The Mediating Role of Absorptive Capacity and Innovation Performance－

The Journal of Chinese Studies ◽

10.36493/jcs.97.5 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 97 ◽

pp. 141-165

Author(s):

Jingxun Li ◽

Qinghe Ren ◽

Longzhen Li

Keyword(s):

Financial Performance ◽

Knowledge Acquisition ◽

Absorptive Capacity ◽

Innovation Performance ◽

External Knowledge ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Relationship ◽

External Knowledge Acquisition

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Self-Directed Learning and Absorptive Capacity: The Mediating Role of Trust and Human Capital

The Future of HRD, Volume II ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-52459-3_4 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 75-111

Author(s):

Mark Loon

Keyword(s):

Human Capital ◽

Absorptive Capacity ◽

Self Directed Learning ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Directed Learning

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Social capital, employees' well-being and knowledge sharing: does enterprise social networks use matter? Case of Tunisian knowledge-intensive firms

Journal of Intellectual Capital ◽

10.1108/jic-01-2020-0012 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (6) ◽

pp. 1153-1183 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Sarra Berraies ◽

Rym Lajili ◽

Rached Chtioui

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Social Networks ◽

Knowledge Sharing ◽

Well Being ◽

Content Type ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Enterprise Social Networks ◽

Knowledge Intensive ◽

The Relationship

PurposeThe objective of this research is to examine the mediating role of employees' well-being in the workplace in the relationship between the dimensions of social capital, namely structural, relational and cognitive social capital and knowledge sharing, as well as the moderating role of enterprise social networks between knowledge sharing and employees' well-being.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative approach was performed within a sample of 168 middle managers working in knowledge-intensive firms in Tunisia. The Partial Least Squares method was used to analyze the data collected.FindingsResults highlight the importance of the dimensions of social capital as a lever for boosting knowledge sharing. It also reveals that employees' well-being plays a mediating role in the link between structural and relational social capital and knowledge sharing. Moreover, findings show that while enterprise social networks use does not moderate the relationship between employees' well-being and knowledge sharing, it has a positive and significant effect on knowledge sharing.Originality/valueOn the basis of a socio-technical perspective of knowledge management, this research pioneers the examination of the mediating effect of employees' well-being in the link between dimensions of social capital and knowledge sharing and the moderating role of enterprise social networks use within knowledge-intensive firms. Findings of this study may help managers of knowledge-intensive firms in boosting knowledge sharing within organizations, in improving knowledge workers' well-being and thus in motivating and retaining these talented employees.

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Intellectual capital and business performance: the role of dimensions of absorptive capacity

Journal of Intellectual Capital ◽

10.1108/jic-11-2018-0199 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 23-39 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Syed Saad Ahmed ◽

Jia Guozhu ◽

Shujaat Mubarik ◽

Mumtaz Khan ◽

Essa Khan

Keyword(s):

Absorptive Capacity ◽

Intellectual Capital ◽

Business Performance ◽

Partial Least Square ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Content Type ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Relationship ◽

Realized Absorptive Capacity

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the mediating role of potential and realized absorptive capacity in intellectual capital (IC) and business performance. It also investigates the direct impact of the components of IC on business performance. Design/methodology/approach Partial least square-structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to assess the effect of IC dimensions on performance and to analyze the mediating role of absorptive capacity in this relationship. Data were collected from 192 managers using a survey questionnaire with Likert scale items. Findings The findings of the study show that potential absorptive capacity does not intervene in the relationship between the components of IC and those of business performance. However, realized absorptive capacity, measured as the transformation and exploitation of knowledge, played a positive mediating role in the relationship between the dimensions of IC and those of business performance. Social capital was also noted as a weak predictor of business performance, while human capital and organizational capital had a profound positive influence. Originality/value This study contributes to the literature on IC by examining the role of realized and potential absorptive capacity in the relationship between IC components and firm performance. This research also helps practitioners recognize the importance of transformation and the exploitation of knowledge for business performance.

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External knowledge sourcing and innovation in family firms

VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems ◽

10.1108/vjikms-09-2019-0143 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Manzoor Ul Akram ◽

Koustab Ghosh ◽

Rojers P. Joseph

Keyword(s):

Social Capital ◽

Absorptive Capacity ◽

Product Innovation ◽

Family Firms ◽

Family Firm ◽

Content Type ◽

External Knowledge ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Realized Absorptive Capacity

Purpose This study aims to investigate the external knowledge search behaviors in terms of search breadth and search depth in family firms and the resultant product innovation in Indian context. The authors theorize the mediating role of absorptive capacity (potential and realized absorptive capacity) between knowledge sourcing from external sources and product innovation. Further, the authors examine the moderating role of crucial internal social capital of the family firm in enhancing the use of external knowledge for firm innovation activities. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a quantitative research design taking single informant for collection of data from 151 family small and medium enterprises in automotive sector in India. The authors use structural equation modeling to test hypothesized relationships. Findings The findings indicate that both search breadth and search depth of family firms are positively associated with product innovation in family firms. The authors also find evidence for partial mediating role of potential and realized absorptive capacity in the relationship between search breadth and innovation and search depth and innovation. The results show how family firms learning taking place while scanning external knowledge sources in terms of external absorptive capacity routines. Finally, the authors find that family firm internal social capital positively moderate the relationship between search breadth and depth, and product innovation. Practical implications Family firms need to innovate to remain relevant in the long-run and as such development of superior capabilities is of great significance to them. Family firm managers must be open to external knowledge as such knowledge help them improve the firm level of innovation through absorptive capacity. Further, family firms must realize and act upon the importance of their social capital for the integration and utilization of acquired knowledge. Originality/value This paper is amongst a few papers that take dynamic capability views of innovation in family firms wherein the authors theorize how external search breadth and depth lead to the development of potential and realized absorptive capacity in family firms. The importance of family firm internal social capital as a strong integrating and knowledge sharing mechanism that helps family firms transform external knowledge into innovation is also highlighted.

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Impact of External Knowledge Inflow on Product and Process Innovation of Korean SMEs: Absorptive Capacity as a Mediator

Clothing and Textiles Research Journal ◽

10.1177/0887302x19860913 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 37 (4) ◽

pp. 219-234 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

So Won Jeong ◽

Jae-Eun Chung ◽

Jung-Sim Roh

Keyword(s):

Absorptive Capacity ◽

Process Innovation ◽

Government Agencies ◽

External Knowledge ◽

Mediating Role ◽

Sources Of Knowledge ◽

Product And Process Innovation ◽

Product And Process ◽

The Relationship

We examine the role of external knowledge inflow in improving the product and process innovation of Korean exporting small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the textiles, apparel, and footwear industries. Building on the resource-based view (RBV), we investigate how five sources of knowledge inflow (suppliers, customers, competitors, universities, and government agencies) contribute to product and process innovation through absorptive capacity (AC) as a mechanism to explain the link between external knowledge inflow and innovation. Conducting a path analysis, we found that knowledge inflow from customers and government agencies had a positive effect on AC, subsequently enhancing product and process innovation. Additionally, knowledge inflow from universities and government agencies also affected process innovation and product innovation, respectively. We also demonstrated the mediating role of AC in the relationship between external knowledge inflow and innovation. Korean SMEs should thus invest in developing the knowledge sources of customers, universities, and government agencies to enhance AC and innovation.

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