The Virtual Alliance Knowledge Sharing Model and Selection Strategy

Abstract

The Knowledge sharing among virtual alliance members is intended to avoid repetitive investment in knowledge innovation and waste of knowledge resources, so as to get a higher starting point in knowledge innovation, thus improving the efficiency of organizational knowledge innovation. On the basis of analyzing knowledge sharing conditions in virtual alliance activities, this paper expounds symbiosis of alliance member of virtual enterprises and knowledge sharing levels. Knowledge sharing is further divided into four knowledge sharing models according to knowledge sharing types, flow directions and relations between alliance members. Moreover, a questionnaire survey is made to investigate the four knowledge sharing models and knowledge sharing activities of alliance members, to provide decision-making support to alliance enterprises to develop applicable solutions for knowledge sharing, and offer theoretical guidance to alliance organizers to develop management and control strategies.