Knowledge-based Dynamic Capabilities and Innovation in Networked Environments
By Suli Zheng, Xiaobo Wu, Jian Du. Journal of Knowledge Management, 2011
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to clarify the concept of dynamic capabilities from the knowledge‐based perspective and investigate the mechanisms of dynamic capabilities on innovation performance in networked environments.Design/methodology/approachThis paper designed a seven‐point Likert questionnaire measuring the dynamic capabilities, innovation performance and network embeddedness and a sample of 218 Chinese manufacturing firms were surveyed. Structural equation modeling method was used to statistically test the theoretical hypothesis.FindingsSignificant relationships were found between dynamic capabilities and innovation performance and knowledge combination capability played a mediating role in this relationship. For the links between network embeddedness and dynamic capabilities, knowledge acquisition capability was affected mainly by relational embeddedness and the diversity of network and joint problem solving contributed much to knowledge combination capability.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper deepened the understanding on dynamic capabilities and the mechanism between network embeddedness, knowledge‐based dynamic capabilities and innovation performance. In the future, the construct of knowledge‐based dynamic capabilities calls for more examination and verification.Originality/valueDrawing on the literature of dynamic capabilities framework, knowledge‐based view and the network model, this study extends the literature of dynamic capabilities and its link with innovation performance in networked environments. Using survey data and structural equation modeling, this study offers rich evidence on the contribution of dynamic capabilities on innovation performance and the antecedents of dynamic capabilities.
Subfields: Communication, Strategy and Management
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Citations in the corpus
- Innovation performance: The effect of knowledge-based dynamic capabilities in cross-country innovation ecosystems (2021, positive): “As an absorptive capability, knowledge absorption is concerned with the consolidation of the newly created knowledge with existing knowledge stocks, as well as with the experimentation of past knowledge bases for innovative applications (Zheng et al. 2011).”
- Quo Vadis, Dynamic Capabilities? A Content-Analytic Review of the Current State of Knowledge and Recommendations for Future Research (2018, background): “In addition, Zheng, Zhang, and Du (2011) linked network embeddedness todynamic capabilities.”