TY - GEN
T1 - Resource alignment, absorptive capacity, and knowledge transfer performance - the mediating effect of university -industry interaction perspective
AU - Tsai, Yao-Chuan
AU - Ching-Shou, Wu
PY - 2008/12/1
Y1 - 2008/12/1
N2 - The main purpose of this study is to examine the effects of university and firm interpartner resource alignment and absorptive capacity on knowledge transfer performance from the University-Industry (U-I) perspective. Regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses in a sample of 120 observations of Taiwanese firms. The findings suggest that U-I resource utilization is positively related to U-I interaction; that when the effect of a firm's absorptive capacity is higher, U-I interaction is more favorable; and that U-I interaction is positively related to knowledge transfer performance. These empirical evidence support the process-oriented view and indicate that U-I interaction plays the mediating role between resource alignment, absorptive capacity and knowledge transfer performance. Managerial implications and future research directions are discussed.
AB - The main purpose of this study is to examine the effects of university and firm interpartner resource alignment and absorptive capacity on knowledge transfer performance from the University-Industry (U-I) perspective. Regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses in a sample of 120 observations of Taiwanese firms. The findings suggest that U-I resource utilization is positively related to U-I interaction; that when the effect of a firm's absorptive capacity is higher, U-I interaction is more favorable; and that U-I interaction is positively related to knowledge transfer performance. These empirical evidence support the process-oriented view and indicate that U-I interaction plays the mediating role between resource alignment, absorptive capacity and knowledge transfer performance. Managerial implications and future research directions are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654348
DO - 10.1109/ICMIT.2008.4654348
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:56749166087
SN - 9781424423309
T3 - Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology, ICMIT
SP - 122
EP - 127
BT - Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology, ICMIT
T2 - 4th IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology, ICMIT
Y2 - 21 September 2008 through 24 September 2008
ER -