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The Organization of the Knowledge Base and Inventive Performance

In: Innovation and IT in an International Context

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  • Ludovic Dïbiaggio
  • Maryam Nasiriyar
  • Lionel Nesta

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Beyond diversity and size, this chapter is interested in the impact of the organization of a firm’s knowledge base on its knowledge-creation capacity. The organization as a knowledge base is evaluated by the level of coherence and cohesion depending on the complementary or similar nature of the relations among knowledge elements. Drawing on a statistical analysis of patent data from 1968 to 2002 in the semiconductor industry, the results suggest that coherence makes a positive contribution to inventive capabilities, while cohesion has the opposite impact. However, cohesion is found to be beneficial for knowledge creation when invention relies on the exploration of new combinations.

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  • Ludovic Dïbiaggio & Maryam Nasiriyar & Lionel Nesta, 2014. "The Organization of the Knowledge Base and Inventive Performance," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Frantz Rowe & Dov Te’eni (ed.), Innovation and IT in an International Context, chapter 2, pages 47-64, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-33613-2_3
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137336132_3
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