Technology Integration Mechanism, Knowledge Integration Mechanism, and Organizational Absorptive Capacity on New Product Development Performance
| Autor: | Yao-DePeng, 彭耀德 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 101 With the rapid changes now occurring in the environment, traditional product innovation is insufficient to satisfy customer requirements. In order to provide new products that are more innovative and are suited to customer needs, enterprises have started to look for help from external partners. Consequently, determining a method by which to integrate technology and knowledge on both sides and to enhance knowledge absorption in the information sharing process has become more critical as firms launch new product development (NPD). Thus, this study combines corporate social capital (CSC), intellectual capital and absorptive capacity (ACAP) into a context, discussing the influence of internal/external resource integration on technology and knowledge integration mechanisms (TIM and KIM) and ACAP’s effect on NPD. 204 valid responses were collected. Both confirmatory factor analysis and the structural equation model were adopted for data analysis. The results of the data analysis indicated that structural capital and the shared culture of CSC positively affect TIM and KIM, while organizational capital was shown to have a positive influence on KIM. Moreover, TIM and KIM were shown to have a positive influence on ACAP, resulting in a further positive effect on NPD. Finally, this study suggests that firms have to establish interaction bases if they intend to utilize external knowledge to assist NPD. In addition, firms should offer a friendly environment to encourage employees to be more willing to contribute their knowledge. |
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