Title: Technological knowledge assets and innovation

Authors: Nieves L. Diaz-Diaz, Inmaculada Aguiar-Diaz, Petra De Saa-Perez

Addresses: Departamento de Economia Financiera y Contabilidad, Facultad de CC. EE. y Empresariales, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Campus Universitario de Tafira, Modulo D.0.11, 35017, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. ' Departamento de Economia Financiera y Contabilidad, Facultad de CC. EE. y Empresariales, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Campus Universitario de Tafira, Modulo D.0.11, 35017, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. ' Departamento de Economia Financiera y Contabilidad, Facultad de CC. EE. y Empresariales, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Campus Universitario de Tafira, Modulo D.0.11, 35017, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Abstract: The aim of this paper is to study the influence of technological knowledge assets with different levels of codification on innovation capability from the resource- and knowledge-based view of the firm. To that end, a study of 1444 Spanish industrial firms was performed between 1998 and 2000, based on information provided by the Survey of Business Strategies (SBS). The results show that technological knowledge assets exert different levels of influence depending on their character. Thus, tacit assets exert more influence on firm innovation than other technological knowledge assets. Specifically, technological knowledge capabilities are the most significant during the three-year period of analysis.

Keywords: technological knowledge assets; innovation capability; knowledge management; KM; resource-based view; Spain.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTM.2006.009228

International Journal of Technology Management, 2006 Vol.35 No.1/2/3/4, pp.29 - 51

Published online: 13 Mar 2006 *

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