Exploring the Links between Structural Capital, Knowledge Sharing, Innovation Capability and Business Competitiveness

2010 ◽  
pp. 321-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josune Sáenz ◽  
Nekane Aramburu ◽  
Olga Rivera
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Innovation Capability ◽  
Structural Capital ◽  
Empirical Perspective ◽  
Business Competitiveness

The aim of this chapter is to analyze the degree of influence of different organizational enablers (i.e., “structural capital”) on knowledge sharing, as well as the influence of the latter and other structural capital components on innovation capability, both from a theoretical and empirical perspective. Additionally, the relevance of different innovation capability dimensions (i.e., ideation, project management, and timeliness and cost efficiency) on business competitiveness will be examined. For these relationships to be tested, an empirical study has been carried out among Spanish manufacturing firms with more than 50 employees and with R&D activities. To this end, a questionnaire has been designed and submitted to the CEOs of the companies making up the target population of the research. Structural equation modelling (SEM) based on partial least squares (PLS) has then been applied in order to test the main hypotheses of the research.

People-Focused Knowledge Sharing Initiatives in Medium-High and High Technology Companies

2011 ◽  
pp. 185-200
Author(s):  
Nekane Aramburu ◽  
Josune Sáenz
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
High Technology ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Organizational Conditions ◽  
The One ◽  
Business Competitiveness ◽  
Successful Innovation ◽  
Innovation Processes

The aim of this chapter is to analyse the organizational conditions that foster the development of different people-focused knowledge sharing initiatives in medium-high and high technology companies, as well as the degree of influence of those initiatives on the ideation stage of innovation processes. Finally, considering that successful innovation is the one that helps to improve business competitiveness, the degree of influence of this innovation capability dimension on company performance is examined. For these relationships to be tested, an empirical study has been carried out among medium-high and high technology Spanish manufacturing firms with more than 50 employees and which carry out R&D activities. To this end, a questionnaire has been designed and submitted to the CEOs of the companies making up the target population of the research. Structural equation modelling (SEM) based on partial least squares (PLS) has then been applied in order to test the main hypotheses of the research.

People-Focused Knowledge Sharing Initiatives in Medium-High and High Technology Companies

2012 ◽  
pp. 40-55
Author(s):  
Nekane Aramburu ◽  
Josune Sáenz
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
High Technology ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Organizational Conditions ◽  
The One ◽  
Business Competitiveness ◽  
Successful Innovation ◽  
Innovation Processes

The aim of this chapter is to analyse the organizational conditions that foster the development of different people-focused knowledge sharing initiatives in medium-high and high technology companies, as well as the degree of influence of those initiatives on the ideation stage of innovation processes. Finally, considering that successful innovation is the one that helps to improve business competitiveness, the degree of influence of this innovation capability dimension on company performance is examined. For these relationships to be tested, an empirical study has been carried out among medium-high and high technology Spanish manufacturing firms with more than 50 employees and which carry out R&D activities. To this end, a questionnaire has been designed and submitted to the CEOs of the companies making up the target population of the research. Structural equation modelling (SEM) based on partial least squares (PLS) has then been applied in order to test the main hypotheses of the research.

Structural capital, innovation capability, and size effect: An empirical study

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nekane Aramburu ◽  
Josune Sáenz
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Innovation Capability ◽  
Organizational Conditions ◽  
Structural Capital ◽  
Equation Modelling ◽  
Moderator Role ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Innovation Processes

AbstractThe aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of different organizational enablers – i.e. ‘structural capital’ – on the ideation stage of innovation processes from an ‘intellectual capital’ (IC) perspective. Considering company size as one of the most relevant contingent variables as regards organizational conditions, the moderator role of this variable is also examined. To gather information about the variables under study, a questionnaire has been designed and addressed to the CEOs of a set of 142 Spanish manufacturing firms with more than 50 employees and which carry out R&D activities. Structural equation modelling (SEM) based on partial least squares (PLS) has then been applied in order to test the hypotheses drawn from the research. The results obtained show the organizational components which exert the greatest impact on the ideation phase and, therefore, the priority aspects to work on, in order to enhance this particular dimension of the innovation capability.

scholarly journals Faktor Penentu Penggunaan Sistem Informasi dan Dampaknya Terhadap Kinerja Perusahaan

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-167
Author(s):  
Alexandra Adriani Widjaja
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Structural Equation Modelling ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Equation Modelling

Penerapan teknologi informasi ditujukan untuk mendukung aktivitas primer perusahaan. Informasi yang dihasilkan harus dapat dimanfaatkan secara nyata untuk meningkatkan kinerja perusahaan. Kunci dari kesuksesan teknologi informasi yang digunakan adalah kemampuan untuk menggunakan informasi yang dihasilkan sistem di dalam setiap pengambilan keputusan perusahaan. Penelitian-penelitian terdahulu menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan informasi sangat dipengaruhi oleh kemampuan individu serta lingkungan di sekitar individu tersebut. Untuk itu penelitian ini bertujuan menguji pengaruh kompetensi individu dan kesempatan untuk berbagi pengetahuan (knowledge sharing) terhadap penggunaan informasi, serta menguji apakah penggunaan informasi berpengaruh pada kinerja perusahaan. Penelitian ini juga menguji hubungan tidak langsung antara knowledge sharing dengan kinerja perusahaan. Pengujian dilakukan dengan menggunakan Structural Equation Modelling (SEM). Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan knowledge sharing berpengaruh signifikan pada penggunaan informasi. Penggunaan informasi juga berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kinerja perusahaan. Di sisi lain penelitian ini menemukan bahwa kompetensi individu tidak memiliki pengaruh yang signifikan terhadap penggunaan informasi. Penelitian ini juga tidak dapat membuktikan adanya pengaruh tidak langsung dari variabel knowledge sharing terhadap kinerja perusahaan melalui variabel penggunaan informasi.

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