Factors influencing the activity of knowledge management for performance of manufacturing firms

Author

Chuang, Shu-Hui ; Chang, Tin-Chang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Bus. Adm., Asia Univ., Taichung, Taiwan

Volume

2

fYear

2011

fDate

13-15 May 2011

Firstpage

38

Lastpage

42

Abstract

Knowledge management (KM) has attracted significant attention from researcher and practitioners as a facilitator of firm performance. Even though companies have implemented KM, they offer inconsistent support that KM enhances firm performance. Thus, the present article examines a research that determined the factors influence activity of knowledge management to enhance performance. Data from 135 manufacturing firms provide empirical support for the research. The KM activity creates and influences factors from infrastructure capability and business strategy of the firm. KM activity also has significant direct effect on firm performance.

Keywords

knowledge management; manufacturing industries; business strategy; infrastructure capability; knowledge management; manufacturing firms; Companies; Humans; Knowledge based systems; Knowledge management; Manufacturing; business strategy; infrastructure capability; knowledge management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Business Management and Electronic Information (BMEI), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Guangzhou

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-108-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICBMEI.2011.5917837

Filename

5917837