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The Relationship Between Knowledge Management and R&D Performance: A Case Study in Auto Industry

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  • Syyedhamzeh Nejadhussein

    (Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran)

  • M. A. Hamid Rahimian

    (Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran)

  • Seyed Muhammed Hussein Mousavinasab

    (IRIB Head Office of Television Training and Research, Tehran, Iran)

Abstract

This paper has studied correlation between knowledge management (KM) and performance of research and development (R&D) in a major automobile manufacturing company. Two questionnaires were used. Choy's "KM performance outcomes" approach was used for KM and customized balanced score card (BSC) model for measuring R&D centers' performance. The population consisted of all R&D employees in a company that has been working in auto industry, along with all its 12 subsidiaries which had R&D centers. Then three out of 12 companies were selected by cluster sampling from which 90 people were chosen to complete the questionnaires. The results showed a significant positive correlation between KM and the performance of R&D centers as well as three aspects of BSC, i.e. customer, internal processes and innovation. For the other aspects, the findings did not show any significant correlations.

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  • Syyedhamzeh Nejadhussein & M. A. Hamid Rahimian & Seyed Muhammed Hussein Mousavinasab, 2014. "The Relationship Between Knowledge Management and R&D Performance: A Case Study in Auto Industry," International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 11(05), pages 1-18.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijitmx:v:11:y:2014:i:05:n:s0219877014500345
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219877014500345
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