TY - GEN
T1 - Knowledge sharing, social capital and firm performance in technological clusters of Taiwan Science Parks
T2 - 2014 Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology, PICMET 2014
AU - Chen, Ming Huei
AU - Wang, Hong Yan
AU - Chang, Yu Yu
AU - Hung, Ava
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 PICMET.
PY - 2014/10/10
Y1 - 2014/10/10
N2 - Many scholars illustrate that innovation is the most important determinant of technological firm performance and the existing evidence has indicated the crucial role of knowledge flow and social interaction among partners in innovation activities, but little research has linked knowledge sharing and social capital with firm performance from a holistic perspective of innovation strategy. This paper, therefore, aims to explore the relationships between knowledge sharing, social capital, and firm performance with regard to the effects of innovation strategies, which consist of collaboration strategy, in-house R&D strategy, and outsourcing strategy. To test the proposed hypotheses in this study, a sample of 209 technology-based companies in Taiwan Science Parks was examined through structural equation modeling. A variety of research stream, including innovation, systemic innovation, strategic alliance, knowledge management and social capital, has been used as theoretical lens in this paper. By embracing multiple perspectives, the paper's findings contribute to a better understanding of how collaborative knowledge sharing and social capital impact firm performance through affecting the three distinct innovation strategies. Based on our empirical findings, managerial implications to technological firm leaders and interesting phenomena in clustered Science Parks are discussed.
AB - Many scholars illustrate that innovation is the most important determinant of technological firm performance and the existing evidence has indicated the crucial role of knowledge flow and social interaction among partners in innovation activities, but little research has linked knowledge sharing and social capital with firm performance from a holistic perspective of innovation strategy. This paper, therefore, aims to explore the relationships between knowledge sharing, social capital, and firm performance with regard to the effects of innovation strategies, which consist of collaboration strategy, in-house R&D strategy, and outsourcing strategy. To test the proposed hypotheses in this study, a sample of 209 technology-based companies in Taiwan Science Parks was examined through structural equation modeling. A variety of research stream, including innovation, systemic innovation, strategic alliance, knowledge management and social capital, has been used as theoretical lens in this paper. By embracing multiple perspectives, the paper's findings contribute to a better understanding of how collaborative knowledge sharing and social capital impact firm performance through affecting the three distinct innovation strategies. Based on our empirical findings, managerial implications to technological firm leaders and interesting phenomena in clustered Science Parks are discussed.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84910128544
T3 - PICMET 2014 - Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology, Proceedings: Infrastructure and Service Integration
SP - 1040
EP - 1054
BT - PICMET 2014 - Portland International Center for Management of Engineering and Technology, Proceedings
A2 - Kocaoglu, Dundar F.
A2 - Anderson, Timothy R.
A2 - Daim, Tugrul U.
A2 - Kozanoglu, Dilek Cetindamar
A2 - Niwa, Kiyoshi
A2 - Perman, Gary
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 27 July 2014 through 31 July 2014
ER -