Abstract
When analyzing capabilities that enable business model innovation, the influence of knowledge management capabilities has been rarely considered, despite the fact that a firm´s knowledge management capabilities of maintaining and leveraging knowledge have been referred to being a key resource for innovation. Therefore, this study analyses the impact a firm´s knowledge management infrastructure and knowledge management process capabilities have on business model innovation and how these effects are moderated by a firm´s tolerance for risk taking. We empirically analyze a sample of 230 small and mid-sized companies and are able to find that a firm ´s knowledge management process capabilities of exploiting new knowledge out of external knowledge sources have a significant and positive effect on business model innovation. The impact of a firm´s ability to exploit existing internal knowledge through its knowledge management infrastructure capabilities for business model innovation is positive for firms that ha...
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