Title

IT support in manufacturing firms for a knowledge management dynamic capability link to performance

Authors

Authors

E. Wang; G. Klein;J. J. Jiang

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Int. J. Prod. Res.

Keywords

knowledge management; dynamic capability; IT support; KNOW-HOW; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; MARKET ORIENTATION; PERSPECTIVE; INFORMATION; TECHNOLOGY; CREATION; Engineering, Industrial; Engineering, Manufacturing; Operations Research; & Management Science

Abstract

Information technology ( IT) is applied in many settings of knowledge management ( KM) under the premise that a manufacturing organization will gain direct benefit from the investment. However, direct links from investment in IT to organizational performance have always been elusive. Strategic management research presents a concept of dynamic capabilities to model the ability of an organization to respond effectively to changes in the environment and leverage performance. By using this capability as a mediating variable, IT support of KM is shown to indirectly benefit manufacturing organizations in a sample of managers from 500 manufacturing firms in Taiwan. This link indicates firms must carefully align the IT support to strategic needs.

Journal Title

International Journal of Production Research

Volume

45

Issue/Number

11

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

2419

Last Page

2434

WOS Identifier

WOS:000246549600003

ISSN

0020-7543

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