A study of the influence of organizational knowledge ability and knowledge absorptive capacity on organization performance in Taiwan's hi-tech enterprises

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1138-1148

  Chen, Ching Piao ^a   Liu, Pang Lo ^a   Tsai, Chih Hung ^a  

^a TA HWA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Knowledge absorptive capacity; Organization performance; Organizational knowledge ability

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; COMPETITION ENVIRONMENTS; HI-TECH ENTERPRISE; KNOWLEDGE ABSORPTIONS; KNOWLEDGE ABSORPTIVE CAPACITIES; ORGANIZATION PERFORMANCE; ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TECHNOLOGY PROMOTIONS;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 42149097977     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2008.1138.1148     Document Type: Article

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