Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to offer a comprehensive perspective on different facets of knowledge management and their effects on the performance of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial ventures.

Design/methodology/approach

The empirical setting involves small and medium-sized enterprises located in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Primary data for 223 knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship (KIE) firms was obtained through questionnaires applied to ventures which applied to the innovative research in small business program, a small business innovation research-like initiative run by the São Paulo Research Foundation. Econometric results assessed the drivers of competitiveness in terms of firm growth, research and development intensification and technology transfer.

Findings

Results highlight the complexity involved in establishing effective knowledge management processes in terms of driving KIE performance. Notwithstanding, some interesting insights on the moderation effects of strategic knowledge management (SKM) systems over technical skills could be identified with particular emphasis for the case of academic spin-offs. Ecosystem drivers present a good explanation power for technology transfer practices but fall short in providing answers for firm-level growth dynamics. It is also noteworthy that public and private investments in KIE firms are similarly associated with positive impacts – contrary to the view that private investors perform better than governmental sources in picking promising small ventures.

Originality/value

The assessment has provided novel evidence for a sample of KIE ventures concerning the appraisal of performance drivers associated with three dimensions of knowledge management, namely, technical knowledge, SKM and ecosystem features. Firms’ outcomes were addressed from a multidimensional perspective, thus providing a comprehensive perspective of the events under scrutiny.

中文翻译：

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知识密集型创业公司的绩效驱动因素：多维视角

目的

本文的目的是对知识管理的不同方面及其对知识密集型创业企业绩效的影响提供全面的视角。

设计/方法/方法

实证设置涉及位于巴西圣保罗州的中小企业。223 家知识密集型创业 (KIE) 公司的原始数据是通过对适用于小型企业创新研究计划的企业的问卷调查获得的，该计划是由圣保罗研究基金会运营的一项小型企业创新研究计划。计量经济学结果评估了公司成长、研发集约化和技术转让方面的竞争力驱动因素。

发现

结果突出了在推动 KIE 绩效方面建立有效知识管理流程所涉及的复杂性。尽管如此，可以确定一些关于战略知识管理 (SKM) 系统对技术技能的调节作用的有趣见解，特别强调学术衍生案例。生态系统驱动因素为技术转让实践提供了很好的解释力，但未能为公司层面的增长动态提供答案。同样值得注意的是，对 KIE 公司的公共和私人投资同样具有积极影响——这与私人投资者在挑选有前途的小型企业方面表现优于政府来源的观点相反。

原创性/价值

该评估为 KIE 企业样本提供了新的证据，这些样本涉及评估与知识管理三个维度相关的绩效驱动因素，即技术知识、SKM 和生态系统特征。公司的结果是从多维角度处理的，从而提供了对所审查事件的全面视角。