Exploring the antecedents and consequences of technology and knowledge integration mechanisms in the context of NPD
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- 作者：Hsin Hsin Chang ; Yao-Chuan Tsai ; Chen-Su Fu ; Shu-Hui Chen…
- 关键词：Technology integration mechanism (TIM) ; Knowledge integration mechanism (KIM) ; Absorptive capacity (AC) ; New product development (NPD)
- 刊名：Information Systems Frontiers
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：December 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：18
- 期：6
- 页码：1165-1189
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- 刊物类别：Business and Economics
- 刊物主题：IT in Business; Management of Computing and Information Systems; Systems Theory, Control; Operation Research/Decision Theory;
- 出版者：Springer US
- ISSN：1572-9419
- 卷排序：18
文摘
In order to provide new products that are more innovative and are suited to customer needs, enterprises have started to look for assistance from external partners. Consequently, as firms launch new product development (NPD), it has become more critical to determine a method by which to integrate technology and knowledge together and to enhance absorptive capability (AC) of firms in the process of information, technology and knowledge sharing. This study thus combines the concepts of corporate social capital (CSC), intellectual capital, and AC, and discusses the influence of internal/external resource integration on technology integration mechanisms (TIM) and knowledge integration mechanisms (KIM), as well as AC’s effect on NPD. Three hundred and ninety-four valid responses were collected and partial least squares structural equation modeling was adopted for data analysis. The results show that interaction ties and the shared language of CSC positively affect TIM, while human capital and organizational capital have positive influences on KIM. In addition, TIM and KIM both have significant and positive influences on AC and AC further influences NPD performance. Therefore, this study suggests that firms have to establish interaction bases for utilizing external knowledge to assist in NPD, and this can be achieved by offering a friendly environment to encourage employees to be more willing to contribute their knowledge.