Title: Knowledge management, e-business adoption, and succession of international trading

Authors: Jiraporn Tangkittipaporn

Addresses: Chiangmai University, Chiangmai 50200, Thailand

Abstract: This study investigated factors that impacted the succession of international trading. By testing the hypotheses on a sample of 169 foreign-owned and Thai owned exporting firms, the results revealed that, among the three components of knowledge management, only knowledge acquisition had a positive impact on the succession of international trading. E-business adoption had a positive impact on knowledge management. E-business adoption had a greater impact than knowledge management on the succession of international trading. However, the target exporting firms exerted high level of knowledge management practices and adopted moderate level of e-business activities. Meanwhile they ranked knowledge application as the highest frequently practices, followed by knowledge acquisition and knowledge dissemination respectively. The findings suggest that effective automated business transaction and knowledge-based-business policy should be encouraged to gain international trading sustainable development.

Keywords: knowledge management; KM; e-business adoption; electronic business; internet; world wide web; succession; international trading; exporting firms; exports; foreign-owned firms; Thailand; knowledge acquisition; positive impacts; knowledge application; knowledge dissemination; automated business transactions; knowledge-based-businesses; sustainability; sustainable development; sustainable economy.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSE.2013.052970

International Journal of Sustainable Economy, 2013 Vol.5 No.2, pp.193 - 206

Published online: 31 Mar 2014 *

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