A Study of the Relationship among Enterprise Social Capital, Technical Knowledge Acquisition and Product Innovation Performance

Abstract

Abstract:

Technical knowledge acquisition is an important part of Industry-Academy-Research cooperation, and enterprise social capital can promote technical knowledge acquisition. Based on previous studies and Chinese management practice, we construct a theoretical model about the impact of various dimensions of enterprise social capital on technical knowledge acquisition and product innovation performance. The theoretical model of the relationship among social capital, technical knowledge acquisition and product innovation performance is validated through a questionnaire investigation to 151 knowledge-intensive firms in the high technology industry of Beijing. The research results show that:(1) Explicit technical knowledge acquisition and tacit technical knowledge acquisition are influenced by different factors. Relation number, relation intensity, and shared goals have significantly positive effect on explicit technical knowledge acquisition. Relation intensity, trust and shared goals have significantly positive effect on tacit knowledge acquisition. (2) Both explicit and tacit technical knowledge acquisition have positive effect on technical innovation capability. (3) Technical innovation capability and tacit technical knowledge acquisition have positive effect on product innovation performance, but explicit technical knowledge acquisition has no significant effect on product innovation performance. Based on the previous research results, we propose that enterprises which are product innovation oriented should focus on tacit technical knowledge acquisition, and should strengthen relation intensity, trust and shared goals to promote tacit technical knowledge acquisition so as to promote product innovation performance.

Key words: social capital, technical knowledge acquisition, product innovation performance, technical innovation capability

Xiong Jie, Sun Daoyin. A Study of the Relationship among Enterprise Social Capital, Technical Knowledge Acquisition and Product Innovation Performance[J]. , 2017, 29(5): 23-39.

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