Title: The role of implicit and explicit knowledge sharing in improving financial and executive performance: mediating role of innovation speed and quality

Authors: Elham Ehtesham; Davood Ghorooneh; Ali Asghar Hayat

Addresses: Department of Technology Management, Faculty of Management, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran ' Faculty of Education and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran ' Clinical Education Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

Abstract: This study tended to investigate the effect of implicit and explicit knowledge sharing on financial and executive performance considering the mediating role of innovation speed and quality. To this end, 150 successful ceramic and tile manufacturers in Iran were selected as samples. The results of path analysis showed that explicit knowledge has a direct positive and significant effect on innovation speed, innovation quality and financial performance; however, its direct effect is not significant on executive performance. Implicit knowledge has a direct positive and significant effect on innovation speed, innovation quality, executive performance and financial performance. Explicit knowledge has an indirect significant effect on financial and executive performance through innovation speed and innovation quality. Moreover, implicit knowledge has an indirect significant effect on financial and executive performance through innovation speed and innovation quality. Innovation speed and quality has a direct positive and significant effect on financial and executive performance.

Keywords: explicit knowledge; implicit knowledge; innovation quality; innovation speed; corporate performance.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2019.102747

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 2019 Vol.20 No.3, pp.415 - 430

Received: 10 Feb 2018
Accepted: 28 Jul 2018
Published online: 02 Oct 2019 *

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