Title :
The Key Factors Affecting Knowledge Integration Capability
Author :
Zhang Xiao-di ; Zhao Song-zheng ; Wang Juan-ru ; Heng Xu
Author_Institution :
Manage. Sch., Northwestern Polytech. Univ., Xi´an
Abstract :
Knowledge integration is the key for enterprise to capture sustainable competitive advantage, but the scholars seldom took into account the factors influencing knowledge integration. The paper first reviewed the research on knowledge integration, then put forward the concept of knowledge integration capability and discussed its key influential factors, which included knowledge infrastructure, organizational learning, social capital and absorptive capacity. Relationships between the influential factors are also analyzed. A model is developed to discuss how the key factors affect knowledge integration capability as well as affecting each other. The conclusion is of some value for researchers and enterprises to deepen the understanding of knowledge integration capability. The resultant framework can be used by researchers for knowledge integration issue and hypothesis generation, or by practitioners for benchmarking knowledge integration practices.
Keywords :
knowledge management; absorptive capacity; hypothesis generation; knowledge infrastructure; knowledge integration capability; organizational learning; social capital; sustainable competitive advantage; Knowledge management; Technological innovation;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless Communications, Networking and Mobile Computing, 2008. WiCOM '08. 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dalian
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2107-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2108-4
DOI :
10.1109/WiCom.2008.2558