文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Knowledge absorptive capacity and innovation performance in high-tech companies: A multi-mediating analysis

作者：Xie, Xuemei[1];Zou, Hailiang[2];Qi, Guoyou[3]

机构：[1]Shanghai Univ, Sch Management, Shanghai 200444, Peoples R China;[2]Shanghai Univ, SHU UTS SILC Business Sch, Shanghai 200444, Peoples R China;[3]East China Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Business, Shanghai 200237, Peoples R China

年份：2018

卷号：88

起止页码：289

外文期刊名：JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH

收录：;WOS:【SSCI(收录号:WOS:000434004100029)】；

基金：This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant number: 71472118; 71772118).

语种：英文

外文关键词：Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge assimilation; Knowledge transformation; Knowledge exploitation; Innovation performance

摘要：Building upon the knowledge-based view (KBV) and using data from 379 high-tech companies in China, we examine the underlying, mediating mechanisms in the relationship between knowledge absorptive capacity and firms' innovation performance. We find that there are positive relationships between four dimensions of knowledge absorptive capacity (i.e., knowledge acquisition, knowledge assimilation, knowledge transformation, and knowledge exploitation) and firms' innovation performance. Additionally, we discover that both firms' knowledge transformation capacity and knowledge exploitation capacity mediate the relationship between knowledge acquisition and firms' innovation performance, as well as between knowledge assimilation and firms' innovation performance. Our results shed light on knowledge absorptive capacity research and knowledge management theory by theoretically and empirically demonstrating how knowledge absorptive capacity affects firms' innovation outputs from a multi-mediating perspective.