Knowledge sharing,knowledge leaking and relative innovation performance: An empirical study |
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| Institution: | 1. Lappeenranta University of Technology, School of Business, P.O. Box 20, FIN-53851 Lappeenranta, Finland;2. The University of Auckland Business School, 12 Grafton Road, 1142 Auckland, New Zealand;1. Department of Organization and Management, CUNEF School of Business and Finance, C/Leonardo Prieto Castro 2, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain;2. Ikujiro Nonaka Reseach Centre on Knowledge and Innovation, CUNEF School of Business and Finance. C/Leonardo Prieto Castro 2, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid, Spain;3. Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Business, Complutense de Madrid University, Campus de Somosaguas, s/n. 28223, Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, Spain;1. School of Mathematics and Statistics, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang Henan, 464000, PR China;2. School of Mathematics and Statistics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, 730000, PR China;1. UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31–34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY, UK;2. Archaeology of Pre-Modern Economies (DFG Research Training Group 1878), Universities of Cologne and Bonn, Albertus-Magnus-Platz, D-50923 Koeln, Germany;1. Department of Business, Media and Technology Management, University of Cologne, Pohligstr. 1, 50969 Koeln, Germany;2. Faculty of Military Sciences, Netherlands Defence Academy, P.O. Box 9002, 4800 PA Breda, The Netherlands;3. School of Business, Economics and Informatics, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | External knowledge sharing and knowledge leakage often pose a strategic dilemma when firms conduct innovation activities. In this study, we focus on the positive and negative effects of this phenomenon. In particular, we empirically examine the effects of a firm׳s external knowledge sharing on its relative innovation performance under the contingencies of accidental and intentional leakage of business-critical knowledge. Results based on a survey of 150 Finnish technology-intensive firms show that external knowledge sharing has a positive effect on innovation performance, but high levels of accidental and intentional knowledge leakage by a firm׳s employees negatively moderate this relationship. These results contribute to the understanding of the potentially positive and negative issues related to external knowledge sharing and knowledge leakage, which have thus far remained empirically under-researched. |
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| Keywords: | External knowledge sharing Accidental knowledge leakage Intentional knowledge leakage Inter-firm collaboration Relative innovation performance |
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