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Knowledge Management of High-Tech Firms

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The Management of Enterprises in the People’s Republic of China

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Based on an analysis of six high-tech firms in mainland China, this chapter examines knowledge management issues by focusing on its acquisition, dissemination, and commercialization. We found that most firms emphasized knowledge acquisition. SOE-based firms relied more on their parents for early key technologies, confirming that institutional support and social capital are influential in knowledge acquisition. Social capital also help firms to overcome barriers to organizational knowledge dissemination. Its role in knowledge commercialization is also identified. Absorptive capacity is important for knowledge dissemination, since appropriate organizational arrangements have not been purposely designed.

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  1. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China

    Chung-Ming Lau, Yuan Lu & Shige Makino

  2. State Development Research Center, PRC, China

    Xiaohong Chen

  3. Peking University, China

    Ryh-Song Yeh

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Lau, CM., Lu, Y., Makino, S., Chen, X., Yeh, RS. (2002). Knowledge Management of High-Tech Firms. In: Tsui, A.S., Lau, CM. (eds) The Management of Enterprises in the People’s Republic of China. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1095-6_9

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