Knowledge, technology and innovation cycle

• Author(s): Tiago, Flávio Borges ; Couto, João Pedro Almeida ; Tiago, Maria Teresa Borges
• Date: 2011
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.3/2325
• Origin: Repositório da Universidade dos Açores
• Subject(s): Knowledge Management; Information and Communication Technology; Innovation; European and US Firms
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

There is a common thought both in business and academia that some factos such as technology, innovation and knowledge are key components of success and allowing firms to achieve and sustain competitive advantages. There is a considerable amount of research performed around these three concepts and some of them analyzed their relationship. However, it still suffers from oversimplification of its development processes and methodological limitations. Nevertheless, there is a consensus in business and academia that knowledge is a key component of success and allows firms to achieve and sustains competitive advantages. In a digital era, these advantages arise from the potential of data and information that can be gathered, processed, shared, and used to improve e-business activities. Thus, this research bridges the gap in the assessment of knowledge management and e-business relationship, by applying an SEM to a large database sample of KM activities performed by European firms.