Knowledge Governance and Knowledge Transfer among Firm Innovation Networks: An Empirical Study from Chinese Strategic Emerging Industries

Abstract

Abstract:

This paper makes a questionnaire survey to 485 research staffs and middle-top managers from 107 strategically emerging firms of Wuhan City Circle and the Perl River Delta region in China. Then the paper constructs moderating effect models of government support (GS), open innovation (OI) on the relationship of knowledge governance (KG) and knowledge transfer (KT). It also makes an empirical study through path analysis, structural equation model, and hierarchical regression analysis. The results show that firstly KG of firm innovation network including market mechanisms (MM), social mechanisms (SM) and hierarchical mechanisms (HM) has a significantly positive effect on KT. Secondly, GS has a negative moderating effect on the relationship of KG of firm innovation network and KT; OI has a positive moderating effect on the relationship between MM, HM of firm innovation network KG and KT while it has an insignificant effect on moderating the relationship between SM and KT. Thirdly, compared with SM and HM which have a significantly positive impact on KT, the effect of MM on KT in Wuhan city circle is not significant. However, the impact of MM, SM and HM all has a significantly positive effect on KT in Pearl River Delta region. Finally, there is an interference effect between GS and MM, SM, HM in Wuhan city circle. However, there is no such interference effect in Pearl River Delta region. OI has significant effect in promoting firm KG in the two regions.

Key words: knowledge governance, knowledge transfer, government support, open innovation

Xiang Yang, Cao Yong. Knowledge Governance and Knowledge Transfer among Firm Innovation Networks: An Empirical Study from Chinese Strategic Emerging Industries[J]. , 2015, 27(9): 48-58.

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