Level of technological knowledge management adoption and its relation to firm’s innovativeness
In era of the Internet age, firm’s economic strength has shifted towards knowledge-based activity. This is reflected through the organizational capability in translating its knowledge resources into innovative products, processes and service. This capability is widely acknowledged to be one of firm’...
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2194/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/2194/1/LME116.pdf |
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| Summary: | In era of the Internet age, firm’s economic strength has shifted towards knowledge-based activity. This is
reflected through the organizational capability in translating its knowledge resources into innovative products,
processes and service. This capability is widely acknowledged to be one of firm’s major competitive advantage.
Realizing the importance of knowledge resources, knowledge management (KM) and firm’s innovativeness, this
study is undertaken to identify the extent of technological knowledge management adoption and its relation to
firm’s innovativeness. There is extensive research literature describing how large companies are successfully
practicing KM. However, there are limited reports on the critical success factors for KM adoption and its impact
on innovativeness in organizations. Further to his, the study explores the influential linkages between knowledge
management adoption and innovativeness. It is empirically important for firms to recognize and learn the fact that
technological KM adoption has significant relationship with being innovative. Therefore, 90 questionnaires have
been administered and distributed to three manufacturing companies (Fujitsu Component Malaysia, Sharp Corp.
(M) and Itami Plastic Corp. (M)) which engage in overseas technology transfer in the area of Batu Pahat, state of
Johore. The finding suggests that the level of technological knowledge management adoption in these
manufacturing firms to be moderate and there is significant relationship between the level of technological
knowledge management and firm’s innovativeness. It can be concluded that even with moderate level of
technological KM adoption, there is influential impact of KM towards firms’ innovativeness. |
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