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The Effects of Knowledge Management and Technology Innovation on New Product Development Performance An Empirical Study of Taiwanese Machine Tools Industry

Published Date
2012, Vol.40:157–164, doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.03.176
ASIA PACIFIC BUSINESS INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT SOCIETY
Open Access, Creative Commons license

Title

The Effects of Knowledge Management and Technology Innovation on New Product Development Performance An Empirical Study of Taiwanese Machine Tools Industry

  • Author 
  • Yung-Lung Lai a,,
  • Feng-Jyh Lin b
  • aPhD Student, PhD Program in Business, Feng Chia University, Taichung 40724, Taiwan
  • bProfessor, Department of Business Administration, Feng Chia University, Taichung 40724, Taiwan
Available online 18 May 2012.

Abstract
With the coming of the era of knowledge economy, research and innovation, the intangible assets, have mostly become the key source of enterprise's competitive advantage; this is especially important to the machine tool industry which generally lacks for research and development capabilities. Knowledge and technology have been gradually considered as a kind of strategic asset and the main source of creating competitive advantages. The reason is that enterprise develops distinct products and service with its innovative technology to create profits from markets, and successful technology innovation has to rely on the solid knowledge foundation. This research intends to investigate whether knowledge management could enhance technology innovation and how it affects the performance of new product development in machine tools industry. We use the questionnaire survey to collect firm's information and opinions that can verify the constructs of cause effect relations. The Socioeconomic variables are also used to find out the determinants that will affect the performance of knowledge management, technology innovation and new product development performance.
Keywords
  • Machine tools
  • Knowledge management
  • Technology innovation
  • New product development
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