Growing Companies and Innovation: The influence of Managing Knowledge (enhancement, acquisition and infrastructure) on Innovativeness

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    Abstract

    The study is designed to explore in depth the impact of knowledge on different innovation typologies. This study starts with an overview of literature on innovation and knowledge. Three hypotheses tested using data from 200 innovative companies in a high tech cluster. Factor analysis has been used to construct variables which reflect knowledge infrastructure, enhancement and acquisition. Further, the study provides new insights on the use of knowledge in start-up and mature companies in diverse sectors. An interesting research result is that start-up companies utilise the knowledge infrastructure while mature companies aim to enhance knowledge to become innovative
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)248-264
    Number of pages16
    JournalInternational Journal of Knowledge Management Studies
    Volume4
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2010

    Keywords

    • innovation
    • knowledge management
    • KM strategy
    • knowledge acquisition
    • organisational learning
    • knowledge enhancement
    • knowledge infrastructure
    • start-up companies
    • mature firms
    • start-ups

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