Title: Understanding the relationship between knowledge integration capability and innovative capability: a knowledge-based view

Authors: Shin-Yuan Hung; Wen-Ting Lee; Mao-Erh Cheng

Addresses: Department of Information Management; Institute of Healthcare Information Management, National Chung Cheng University, Minhsiung, Chiayi County, Taiwan ' Department of Information Management, National Chung Cheng University, Minhsiung, Chiayi County, Taiwan ' MIS Department, Formosa Taffeta Corporation, Douliu, Yunlin County, Taiwan

Abstract: In the present dynamic environment, organisations face the challenge of managing knowledge to gain innovative capability. In terms of the knowledge-doing gap, integrated knowledge should apply to doing or to actions for the embodying of knowledge value. Based on knowledge-based view (KBV), this study intends to provide evidence that knowledge integration capability can facilitate innovative capability when it goes through the mediating effect of the business process outcome. Data was collected from 650 top Taiwanese manufacturing companies and 117 valid questionnaires were received. Based on the KBV, knowledge integration capability includes technological support, organisational support and the knowledge rules of the knowledge management process. The findings also show that the business process outcome has a full mediating effect between knowledge integration capability and innovative capability. The implications of these findings for research and practices in manufacturing companies are also discussed.

Keywords: knowledge integration capabilities; business process outcomes; knowledge-based view; KBV; innovative capabilities; manufacturing companies; business systems; innovation; business processes; dynamic environments; knowledge management; KM; information management; knowledge values; Taiwan; technological support; organisational support; knowledge rules.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBSR.2014.065026

International Journal of Business and Systems Research, 2014 Vol.8 No.4, pp.419 - 437

Received: 09 Dec 2013
Accepted: 02 Apr 2014
Published online: 30 Sep 2014 *

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