Alternative Knowledge Strategies, Competitive Environment, and Organizational Performance in Small Manufacturing Firms
Title: Alternative Knowledge Strategies, Competitive Environment, and Organizational Performance in Small Manufacturing Firms
Title: Alternative Knowledge Strategies, Competitive Environment, and Organizational Performance in Small Manufacturing Firms
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Authors: Bierly, Paul E., Daly, Paula S
Subject: Knowledge management
Publish: 2007
Status: full text
Source: Entrepreneurship: Theory & Practice; Jul2007, Vol. 31 Issue 4, p493-516
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Abstract:
This study examines the relationship between knowledge strategy
(exploration or exploitation) and performance, and the possible
moderating role of external environment variables. Results from a sample
of small manufacturing firms indicate that exploration and exploitation
are distinct and complementary constructs. The relationship between
exploration and performance is linear and positive, while the
relationship between exploitation and performance is concave, indicating
that there is a point at which focusing on exploitation leads to
reduced returns. Additionally, we find that the competitive environment
moderates the relationship between exploitation and performance, such
that exploitation has a stronger impact on performance in stable and
high-tech environments than in dynamic and low-tech environments.
Exploration also has a stronger impact on performance in high-tech
environments than in low-tech environments
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