An empirical research on the relationship between knowledge creation, technology innovation and organizational control during different enterprise development stages

Science Research Management ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (12) : 29-38.

Wu Cuihua¹, Zhang Yongyun², Zhang Yanmin³

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In this paper, the relationship between knowledge creation and technology innovation is discussed by introducing the organizational control variable during different development stages of enterprises; the main contribution of knowledge creation to technology innovation and the regulating function of organizational control are analyzed. An empirical study is presented by using factor analysis, correlation analysis and optimal scale regression method to analyze the sample data collected from 950 Tech-typed SME. It can be shown that knowledge creation is beneficial to technology innovation in the startup and growth stage of enterprises; while contract control plays a significant regulating role during both development stages, the positive regulating role of trust control is only significant in the growth-stage enterprises, but not significant in startup stage enterprises.

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knowledge creation / technological innovation / contract control / trust control

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Wu Cuihua, Zhang Yongyun, Zhang Yanmin. An empirical research on the relationship between knowledge creation, technology innovation and organizational control during different enterprise development stages[J]. Science Research Management. 2015, 36(12): 29-38

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