Introduction
Literature review
Knowledge & KM
Innovation
Knowledge management process
Knowledge creation
H 1 : Knowledge identification/creation has positive and significant impact on innovation capacity of SMEs.
Knowledge collection
H 2 : Knowledge collection has positive and significant impact on innovation capacity of SMEs.
Knowledge organizing
H 3 : Knowledge organizing has positive and significant impact on innovation capacity of SMEs.
Knowledge storage
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An arrangement that permits scheme to express rapid and correct information.
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Policies, events or procedures classifications depend on erudition needs.
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Capability to present precise and clear information.
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An on instance, precise and accessible content
H 4 : Knowledge storage has positive and significant impact on innovation capacity of SMEs.
Knowledge dissemination
H 5 : Knowledge dissemination has positive and significant impact on innovation capacity of SMEs.
Knowledge application
H 6 : Knowledge application has positive and significant impact on innovation capacity of SMEs.
Relationship between KM and innovation
Materials and methods
Research methodology
Knowledge Identification/Creation | i. Recognizing accessible knowledge and ability both external and internal to business organizations. ii. Demanding to regulate knowledge and capabilities of employees with necessary knowledge iii. Encompassing procedure of acquiring and creating knowledge from diverse foundations for instance customers, employees, organizations and business partners. |
Knowledge Collection | i. Gathering essential knowledge that is recognized from numerous sources. ii. Offering the leeway to inquire when there exists a require to convinced knowledge iii. Offering in sequence regarding what we know. |
Knowledge Organizing | i. Comprising appropriate strategy to evaluate knowledge on a customary foundation and maintain them advanced. ii. Encompassing procedures for cross listing, filtering and integrating diverse knowledge types. iii. Offering feedback to workers regarding appropriate knowledge. |
Knowledge Storage | i Exploiting repositories, databases and applications of information technology to amass ii. Knowledge for effortless contact by all workers. iii. Exploiting numerous written mechanisms for instance manuals, newsletter to accumulate knowledge |
Knowledge Dissemination | i Comprising a sort of knowledge that is eagerly available to workers who require it. ii. Transferring out appropriate statements with suitable in sequence to workers. iii. Encompassing libraries, forums and resource centers to distribute and display knowledge. |
Knowledge Application | i. Encompassing diverse procedures for workers to further increase their knowledge. ii. Encompassing apparatus to guard knowledge internal and external to firms. iii. Applying knowledge to decisive spirited requires and rapidly linked sources. |
Innovation | i. Exploiting new Ideas. ii. Looking for novel methods to doing things. iii. Being inventive in use procedures. iv. Marketing novel services and products commonly. |
Variables
Results and discussions
Demographics attributes of respondents
Frequency | Percent | |
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Public | 180 | 100.0 |
Frequency | Percent | |
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20–30 | 54 | 30.0 |
31–40 | 67 | 37.2 |
41–50 | 40 | 22.2 |
51–60 | 15 | 8.3 |
61–70 | 4 | 2.2 |
Total | 180 | 100.0 |
Frequency | Percent | |
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Owner | 49 | 27.2 |
General Manager | 69 | 38.3 |
Manger Finance | 33 | 18.3 |
Manger Marketing | 17 | 9.4 |
Manufacturing Manager | 12 | 6.7 |
Total | 180 | 100.0 |
Reliability analysis
Constructs | No. of Items | Cronbach’s α |
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KI | 04 | .837 |
KC | 04 | .783 |
KO | 04 | .887 |
KS | 04 | .759 |
KD | 04 | .851 |
KA | 04 | .822 |
INV | 06 | .818 |
Total | 30 | .794 |
Factors | Constructs | Loadings |
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Knowledge Identification | Recognizing accessible knowledge and ability both external and internal to business organizations. | 0.685 |
Demanding to regulate knowledge and capabilities of employees with necessary knowledge. | 0.713 | |
Encompassing procedure of acquiring and creating knowledge from diverse foundations for instance customers, employees, organizations and business partners. | 0.753 | |
Knowledge Collection | Gathering essential knowledge that is recognized from numerous sources. | 0.622 |
Offering the leeway to inquire when there exists a require to convinced knowledge | 0.711 | |
Offering in sequence regarding what we know | 0.676 | |
Knowledge Organizing | Comprising appropriate strategy to evaluate knowledge on a customary foundation and maintain them advanced. | 0.643 |
Encompassing procedures for cross listing, filtering and integrating diverse knowledge types. | 0.721 | |
Offering feedback to workers regarding appropriate knowledge. | 0.812 | |
Knowledge Storage | Exploiting repositories, databases and applications of information technology to accumulate. | 0.802 |
Knowledge for effortless contact by all workers. | 0.738 | |
Exploiting numerous written mechanisms for instance manuals, newsletter to accumulate knowledge. | 0.799 | |
Knowledge Dissemination | Comprising a sort of knowledge that is eagerly available to workers who require it. | 0.698 |
Transferring out appropriate statements with suitable in sequence to workers. | 0.672 | |
Encompassing libraries, forums and resource Centre to distribute and display knowledge. | 0.688 | |
Knowledge Application | Encompassing diverse procedures for workers to further increase their knowledge. | 0.732 |
Encompassing apparatus to guard knowledge interior and exterior to firms. | 0.787 | |
Appling knowledge to decisive spirited requires and rapidly linked sources. | 0.766 | |
Innovation | Exploiting new Ideas. | 0.658 |
Looking for novel methods to doing passions. | 0.782 | |
Being inventive in using procedures. | 0.823 | |
Marketing novel services and products commonly. | 0.786 |
Descriptive statistics
Variable | N | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | Std. Deviation |
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KI | 180 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.5528 | 0.64925 |
KC | 180 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.3417 | 0.64526 |
KO | 180 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.5222 | 0.63450 |
KS | 180 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.6861 | 0.55405 |
KD | 180 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.5250 | 0.70117 |
KA | 180 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.8278 | 0.46604 |
INV | 180 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 3.8278 | 0.45797 |
Correlation
Regression
One-way ANOVA test
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
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KI | 1 | |||||
KC | .064 | 1 | ||||
KO | .329b | .333b | 1 | |||
KS | .429b | −.201 | .112 | 1 | ||
KD | .119 | .355b | .183 | .248a | 1 | |
KA | .167a | .170 | .262b | .249b | .159 | 1 |
INV | .243b | .321b | .364b | .249b | .329b | .277b |
Step-wise linear regression analysis
Dependent Variable: Innovation | |||||
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Predictor | R2 | ∆R2 | F | Sig | B |
Step 1 | |||||
Control Variable | |||||
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KI | .371 | .054 | 60.110 | .000 | .233*** |
KC | .333 | .014 | 50.810 | .000 | .213*** |
KO | .397 | .080 | 67.119 | .000 | .259*** |
KS | .348 | .031 | 57.319 | .000 | .189** |
KD | .438 | .081 | 68.382 | .000 | .379*** |
KA | .448 | .012 | 72.182 | .000 | .389*** |
Summary of results
Hypothesis Statement | Results | |
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H1 | Knowledge identification/creation has positive and significant impact on innovation capacity of organization. | Accepted |
H2 | Knowledge collection has positive and significant impact on innovation capacity of organization. | Accepted |
H3 | Knowledge organizing has positive and significant impact on innovation capacity of organization. | Accepted |
H4 | Knowledge storage has positive and significant impact on innovation capacity of organization. | Accepted |
H5 | Knowledge dissemination has positive and significant impact on innovation capacity of organization. | Accepted |
H6 | Knowledge application has positive and significant impact on innovation capacity of organization. | Accepted |
Conclusions
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Knowledge Creation
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Knowledge Collection
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Knowledge Organizing
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Knowledge Storage
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Knowledge Dissemination
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Knowledge Application/Use