TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of strategic knowledge management on firm innovativeness and performance
AU - Davila, Guillermo
AU - Varvakis, Gregorio
AU - North, Klaus
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Brazilian Business Review.All rights reserved.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - This paper identifies the type and intensity of relationships that exist between strategic knowledge management (SKM) practices, innovation performance and organizational Performance. By doing so, it covers theoretical gaps about the analysis of these relationships in emerging countries. Data was collected from a sample composed by 127 Southern Brazilian firms and PLS-SEM was used for testing the hypotheses. The relevance of SKM practices for innovation and organizational performance is supported. The research has also shown the level of efficiency and use of each SKM practice. The findings allow Brazilian practitioners to identify those actions which stronger influence on innovativeness and performance. The results also have shown that Brazilian firms are focused on management of explicit knowledge, and there are some opportunities for improving performance if they focus more on tacit knowledge. The suggestions about priority practices and managing of tacit knowledge are relevant contributions to support managerial decisions for resource allocation oriented to improve innovation and performance.
AB - This paper identifies the type and intensity of relationships that exist between strategic knowledge management (SKM) practices, innovation performance and organizational Performance. By doing so, it covers theoretical gaps about the analysis of these relationships in emerging countries. Data was collected from a sample composed by 127 Southern Brazilian firms and PLS-SEM was used for testing the hypotheses. The relevance of SKM practices for innovation and organizational performance is supported. The research has also shown the level of efficiency and use of each SKM practice. The findings allow Brazilian practitioners to identify those actions which stronger influence on innovativeness and performance. The results also have shown that Brazilian firms are focused on management of explicit knowledge, and there are some opportunities for improving performance if they focus more on tacit knowledge. The suggestions about priority practices and managing of tacit knowledge are relevant contributions to support managerial decisions for resource allocation oriented to improve innovation and performance.
KW - Brazil
KW - Innovation
KW - Knowledge management practices
KW - Organizational performance
KW - Strategic knowledge management
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85066807516&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.15728/bbr.2019.16.3.3
DO - 10.15728/bbr.2019.16.3.3
M3 - Artículo (Contribución a Revista)
AN - SCOPUS:85066807516
SN - 1808-2386
VL - 16
SP - 239
EP - 254
JO - Brazilian Business Review
JF - Brazilian Business Review
IS - 3
ER -