Increasing Firm’s Innovation Performance through Formal and Informal Integrating Mechanisms

DOI

10.2991/icmemi-15.2015.27How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Innovation performance, Formal knowledge integration, Informal knowledge integration, Knowledge-based view.

Abstract

There is consensus in the knowledge management literature that knowledge integration mechanism is fundamental for firms to conduct innovation successfully. However, few studies examine the dimensions or characteristics of knowledge integration mechanism and how these mechanisms influence firms’ innovation performance. This paper divide knowledge integration into two parts, namely formal knowledge integration and informal knowledge integration, and examines how formal knowledge integration and informal knowledge integration help enhance innovation performance in China’s emerging economy. The result shows that formal knowledge integration and informal knowledge integration both are positively related to innovation performance. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Hang Wu
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TI  - Increasing Firm’s Innovation Performance through Formal and Informal Integrating Mechanisms
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Management Engineering and Management Innovation
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 143
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SN  - 2352-5428
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