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Management Innovation in Focus: The Role of Knowledge Exchange, Organizational Size, and IT System Development and Utilization
Author(s) -
Černe Matej,
Jaklič Marko,
Škerlavaj Miha
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
european management review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.784
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1740-4762
pISSN - 1740-4754
DOI - 10.1111/emre.12013
Subject(s) - knowledge management , multilevel model , business , organizational learning , knowledge flow , innovation management , computer science , machine learning
This study aims to examine the correlates of management innovation at the organizational level. We propose that internal knowledge exchange acts as a crucial predictor of management innovation. To fine‐tune the link between knowledge exchange and management innovation, we examine the mediating explanatory mechanism of IT system development and utilization, as well as the moderating boundary role of organizational size. In an attempt to find generalizable patterns across cultures, we test the model using mediated and moderated hierarchical regression analysis on data gathered from 604 firms in three countries: S lovenia, S pain, and S outh K orea. The results in all three samples indicate that knowledge exchange is an important correlate of management innovation. In addition, our study provides evidence that knowledge exchange results in management innovation through developed and utilized IT systems that enable information and knowledge to flow within an organization. We also find that the relationship between knowledge exchange and management innovation is hindered by firms' size.