Knowledge Management, Innovation, and Firm Performance: Evidence from Dutch SMEs
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The relationship between knowledge management, innovation and firm performance: evidence from Dutch SMEs
Lorraine Uhlaner André van Stel Joris Meijaard Mickey Folkeringa
Zoetermeer, January, 2007
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The relationship between knowledge management, innovation and firm performance: evidence from Dutch SMEs
Lorraine Uhlaner A, B, C André van Stel B, D, A, C Joris Meijaard B, A Mickey Folkeringa B
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Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands EIM Business and Policy Research, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, Germany Cranfield University School of Management, Cranfield, UK
Abstract: This article investigates the relationship between knowledge management (KM), innovation and firm performance of smaller firms (less than 100 employees), based on a panel of more than 400 Dutch firms. Regression analyses explain the variations in sales turnover growth from various measures of KM strategies. We distinguish between KM input, throughput and output (or innovation) strategies. We find
The relationship between knowledge management, innovation and firm performance: evidence from Dutch SMEs
Lorraine Uhlaner André van Stel Joris Meijaard Mickey Folkeringa
Zoetermeer, January, 2007
1
This report is published under the SCALES-initiative (SCientific AnaLysis of Entrepreneurship and SMEs), as part of the 'SMEs and Entrepreneurship programme' financed by the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs.
Most recent EIM reports and much more on SMEs and Entrepreneurship can be found at: www.eim.nl/smes-and-entrepreneurship.
address: mail address: telephone: telefax: website:
Italiëlaan 33 P.O. Box 7001 2701 AA Zoetermeer + 31 79 343 02 00 + 31 79 343 02 01 www.eim.nl
The responsibility for the contents of this report lies with EIM. Quoting numbers or text in papers, essays and books is permitted only when the source is clearly mentioned. No part of this publication may be copied and/or published in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system, without the prior written permission of EIM. EIM does not accept responsibility for printing errors and/or other imperfections.
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The relationship between knowledge management, innovation and firm performance: evidence from Dutch SMEs
Lorraine Uhlaner A, B, C André van Stel B, D, A, C Joris Meijaard B, A Mickey Folkeringa B
A B C D
Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands EIM Business and Policy Research, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena, Germany Cranfield University School of Management, Cranfield, UK
Abstract: This article investigates the relationship between knowledge management (KM), innovation and firm performance of smaller firms (less than 100 employees), based on a panel of more than 400 Dutch firms. Regression analyses explain the variations in sales turnover growth from various measures of KM strategies. We distinguish between KM input, throughput and output (or innovation) strategies. We find