Purpose

This paper aims to examine the role of organizational innovative capabilities (OIC) on the relationship between knowledge sharing (KS), corporate entrepreneurship (CE) and firm performance (FP). Specifically, this study uses the knowledge-based view to develop a model that examines the mentioned relationship.

Design/methodology/approach

Using survey data from 520 participants across 75 service sector companies in Thailand, measurement and structure models are tested through structural equation modeling to quantify the impact between constructs.

Findings

This study shows that KS and CE positively affect OIC and FP. A positive relationship is also found between KS and CE. The mediating impact of OIC strengthens the relationship between KS and CE on FP.

Research limitations/implications

Like all research using survey methods, the research is prone to respondent biases and generalizability. However, this paper has put the best effort to minimize such effects by rigorous methodological testing to avoid such biases.

Practical implications

The findings of this study suggest that to improve organizational learning and knowledge-based performance, commitment and understanding of the employees in the entire organization is crucial. KS significantly contributes to developing innovative abilities because of its characteristics of providing firm-specific and socially complex advantages. The way a firm transforms and exploits its knowledge may ascertain its level of innovativeness, such as coming up with certain problem-solving procedures and new product development according to the rapid change in the market demand. However, organizations may only instigate to effectively organize knowledge when their employees are ready to share knowledge. Continuous KS boosts entrepreneurial practices and contributes innovativeness across individuals, groups, units or the entire organization.

Originality/value

The relationship between CE, organization innovative capabilities and FP in the presence of KS is rarely discussed in both theoretical and empirical literature. This study contributes to the literature by arguing that apart from the direct impact of KS on FP, KS can lead the firms toward generating important competitive advantage by forming innovative capabilities that can significantly influence FP.

中文翻译：

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被动但挑衅：创新能力在知识管理和企业创业中的作用

目的

本文旨在研究组织创新能力（OIC）对知识共享（KS）、企业创业（CE）和企业绩效（FP）之间关系的作用。具体来说，本研究使用基于知识的观点来开发一个模型来检查上述关系。

设计/方法/方法

使用来自泰国 75 家服务业公司的 520 名参与者的调查数据，通过结构方程模型测试测量和结构模型，以量化结构之间的影响。

发现

本研究表明 KS 和 CE 对 OIC 和 FP 有积极影响。KS 和 CE 之间也存在正相关关系。OIC的中介影响加强了KS和CE对FP的关系。

研究限制/影响

与所有使用调查方法的研究一样，该研究容易出现受访者偏见和普遍性。然而，本文已尽最大努力通过严格的方法测试来尽量减少此类影响，以避免此类偏差。

实际影响

这项研究的结果表明，为了提高组织学习和基于知识的绩效，整个组织中员工的承诺和理解是至关重要的。KS 具有提供企业特定和社会复杂优势的特点，因此极大地促进了创新能力的发展。企业转换和利用其知识的方式可以确定其创新水平，例如根据市场需求的快速变化提出某些解决问题的程序和新产品开发。然而，只有当员工准备好分享知识时，组织才会鼓励有效地组织知识。持续 KS 促进创业实践，并促进个人、团体、单位或整个组织的创新。

原创性/价值

在 KS 的存在下，CE、组织创新能力和 FP 之间的关系在理论和实证文献中都很少讨论。这项研究通过认为除了 KS 对 FP 的直接影响之外，KS 可以通过形成可以显着影响 FP 的创新能力来引导公司产生重要的竞争优势，从而为文献做出贡献。