Knowledge Inertia Research Articles

How does China's digital government construction affect enterprise exploratory innovation? Insights based on invention knowledge inertia

Today, digital governments are creating novel digital business environments to promote enterprise innovation. How can enterprises benefit from this while minimizing the risks of working with the digital government?We explored this issue using data from China's1528 A-share firms over a decade. We find that China's digital government construction (DGC) significantly promotes firms' exploratory innovation (EI). Moreover, the enterprise's invention knowledge inertia (IKI) is an important mediation to develop its exploratory innovation in response to the construction of digital government. However, during this process, whether enterprises can maintain low risk and continuously promote EI by leveraging IKI is moderated by the extent of knowledge openness within the senior leadership team (KOM). For instance, the diversified knowledge of executives with financial backgrounds weakens the DGC→IKI, and the effect is obvious in state-owned and high-tech enterprises. In contrast, knowledge without such backgrounds strengthens the IKI→EI.This study provides valuable insights into government-enterprise cooperation, emphasizing the role of innovation knowledge inertia and clarifying the debate on whether knowledge inertia has a positive or negative impact on innovation.

Double-edged sword of knowledge inertia: Overcoming healthcare professionals’ resistance in innovation adoption

Healthcare professionals' adoption of innovations is crucial for the success and positive impact of innovations. Realizing the important role of knowledge inertia, this research, adopting social exchange perspectives, investigates its impact at the individual level among healthcare professionals and reveals the mechanisms either mitigating or deteriorating its impact on professionals' adoption of innovations. A survey study involving 337 clinical physicians from two specialized and three comprehensive hospitals reveals a negative impact of learning inertia but a positive impact of experience inertia on their intention to adopt innovations. Perceived organizational support mitigates the positive impact of experience inertia and knowledge potential mitigates the impact of both dimensions of knowledge inertia. By focusing on professionals’ knowledge inertia, we have revealed the distinctive effects and the mechanisms that leverage or mitigate these effects, deepening the understanding of professionals and innovation adoption.

Knowledge ambidexterity in construction project-based organizations: predicaments of knowledge networking intention within outbound consultant-supplier interfaces

PurposeAgenda for knowledge creation within inter-project alliances and inter-firm supply chain networks has been extensively debated. However, the existing knowledge networks within consultant-supplier interfaces in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry seem to be vague, loose, incidental and insignificant. This study examines factors affecting knowledge networking intention (KNI) within construction service supply chain (CSSC) networks.Design/methodology/approachData analysis was conducted on a quantitative survey of 161 consulting professional service firms in Tanzania, employing stepwise regression modelling as the statistical technique.FindingsThe results indicate that three types of knowledge inertia (KI) exert varying effects on KNI. While both procedural (PI) and learning inertia (LI) negatively impact KNI, experience inertia (EI) has no impact on KNI. In addition, knowledge governance (KG) mechanisms are found to strongly strengthen and leverage the negative effects of PI and LI on KNI and the positive link between EI and KNI within outbound and heterogeneous CSSC actors, with formal KG having greater leverage than informal KG.Practical implicationsThe study offers guidance on how managers of PBOs should strategically orchestrate knowledge governance mechanisms within CSSC networks to leverage KI behaviours.Originality/valueCurrent literature on KNI, KI and KG within CSSC networks offers a limited understanding of how KI behaviours influence KNI of project-based organizations (PBOs) in tapping vibrant outbound peripheral knowledge. The research presents two major original contributions. First, the empirical evidence contributes to deepening the current understanding of how heterogeneous external knowledge within consultant-supplier interactions is negatively influenced by KI. Lastly, the study suggests formal and informal knowledge governance strategies for managers on how to counteract KI forces, thus extending the theoretical debate on KNI, KI and KG literature.

The Impact of Knowledge Inertia on Employee Innovative Behavior: An Applied Study on Public Secondary Schools Teachers in Mansoura City

The Impact of Knowledge Inertia on Employee Innovative Behavior: An Applied Study on Public Secondary Schools Teachers in Mansoura City

The impact of knowledge inertia on process tailoring in the dynamic development of software projects in Chinese industries

The impact of knowledge inertia on process tailoring in the dynamic development of software projects in Chinese industries

A Study of the Impact of Digital Competence and Organizational Agility on Green Innovation Performance of Manufacturing Firms—The Moderating Effect Based on Knowledge Inertia

Hierarchical regression is used to empirically investigate the impact of digital capabilities on green innovation performance, as well as the mediating role of organizational agility and the moderating effect of knowledge inertia. Based on the data from a large sample of 383 middle and senior managers from manufacturing companies, the dynamic capability theory is applied to SPSS 27.0. The results show that digital capability contributes to green innovation performance; knowledge inertia moderates the inverted U-shape between digital capability and green innovation performance; and two dimensions of organizational agility, market agility and operational adjustment agility, partially mediate the relationship between digital capability and green innovation performance. This paper contributes new ideas for companies to develop organizational agility, control knowledge inertia, enhance green innovation performance, and finally, sustainably gain a competitive advantage position.

Gatekeeper Networks, Knowledge Inertia, and Knowledge Performance in Business Incubators

Business incubators can provide network connection to incubatees, allowing incubatees to acquire many resources. Gatekeepers can facilitate the acquisition of external knowledge and the dissemination of internal knowledge. From gatekeepers' characteristics, business incubator managers perfectly fit the role of gatekeepers. This paper introduces the gatekeeper role in business incubators to analyze business incubator knowledge performance (BIKP). Multi-agent simulation model is used to form the gatekeeper network, and the business incubator manager acting as the gatekeeper has the function of breadth intervention and depth intervention for the incubatees. The results indicate that moderate competition is necessary for incubatees. Second, the gatekeeper's depth intervention is better than breadth intervention. Third, there is the horizontally S-shaped relationship between the level of effort of the gatekeeper's depth intervention and the BIKP in equilibrium. Moreover, the gatekeeper's interventions are optimal when incubatees have high knowledge inertia and low rates of mutual learning.

How Digital Capabilities and Knowledge Inertia Jointly Affect Radical and Incremental Innovation

How Digital Capabilities and Knowledge Inertia Jointly Affect Radical and Incremental Innovation

Analisis Faktor Knowledge Inertia Sebagai Anteseden Penciptaan Daya Saing Individu Wirausahawan

The purpose of this study is to explore the existence of knowledge inertia as an antecedent of creating individual competitiveness for nascent entrepreneurs and mature entrepreneurs. As well as what are the differences between nascent and mature entrepreneurs regarding mastery of knowledge and facts regarding the existence of knowledge inertia. This research uses a qualitative method using the comparative case studies method which aims to obtain a clear picture of a problem, which focuses on collecting data or information on objects. The results of the research findings and the results of the analysis of Project Map NVivo 12 plus, nascent entrepreneurs are more likely to experience inertia due to limited capital, limited human resources, fear of trying new things, lack of business relationships, lack of employee competency, and limited experience because they are still beginners in running their business. Meanwhile, mature entrepreneurs have a smaller tendency of inertia compared to nascent entrepreneurs. This is because as an old player and more experienced in maintaining the stability of its business so that it focuses more on maintaining its competitive position by having to be able to adapt to the times to achieve competitive advantage.

Research on the impact of boundary-spanning search on the sustainable development ability of service-oriented manufacturing enterprises: evidence from Chinese listed companies

PurposeThis paper aims to analyze the mechanism underlying the impact of boundary-spanning search (BS) on the sustainable development ability (SDA) of service-oriented manufacturing enterprises and to emphasize the intermediary role of knowledge integration (KI). The moderating role of knowledge inertia on the link between BS and KI is also investigated.Design/methodology/approachThis study constructs direct, mediating and moderating effects, selects 110 service-oriented manufacturing enterprises as research samples and obtains empirical data from questionnaires and annual reports. Among them, triangulation is skilfully used to obtain questionnaire data, and the regression method is used to test model relationships.FindingsThe results show that BS not only directly enhances SDA but also indirectly affects it through KI, which plays a mediating role in the impact of BS on SDA. In addition, knowledge inertia negatively moderates the relationship between BS and KI.Originality/valueThis paper makes three contributions. First, it enriches the research on the antecedent variables related to the SDA of service-oriented manufacturing enterprises. Second, by examining the mediating role of KI and the moderating role of knowledge inertia, the relationship between BS and SDA is revealed. Third, the research on knowledge management related to the SDA of service-oriented manufacturing enterprises is expanded.

How Psychological Empowerment Influences Faculty Members’ Change Orientation: Does Knowledge Inertia Have a Mediating Role?

How Psychological Empowerment Influences Faculty Members’ Change Orientation: Does Knowledge Inertia Have a Mediating Role?

Identifying Firm Significance and Positions in the Patent Innovation Based on Centrality Measures’ Clustering Approach

In the current era of inevitable technological progress, organizations strive to achieve technological competence. One way to measure the adaptability of firms to huge technological shifts is through various parameters, including patenting activities. This study presents a method for identifying the significance of firms in an innovation network using patent citation analysis and centrality measures. Specifically, the study employs k-means clustering to classify firms into similar clusters based on Network-based centrality measures such as betweenness, closeness, and eigenvector centrality. The study then develops a cluster relational network by establishing a cluster adjacency network and identifying firm positions within and between clusters. By examining the relation between clusters, the cluster network identifies the significance of firms. The study identifies four positions, namely, leader, follower, knowledge inertia, and significantly emerging, that align with the status of firms in patenting innovation capability. The method is implemented using blockchain technology as a case study. The novelty of the study lies in the structured approach to identifying firm significance by adding another layer of adjacency network to existing patent citation analysis techniques.

Pengaruh Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) Terhadap Inovasi Produk Dan Proses pada Industri Kecil Menengah Kopi di Indonesia

The study aims at analyzing the direct and indirect effects of green human resources management, innovative work behaviour, knowledge inertia, and innovation of the coffee small medium entreprises (SMEs) in Bali. This study was conducted based on gaps in previous studies, namely: First, the limitations of research that discusses the study of process innovation compared to research that discusses product innovation. Second, the lack of studies that can enrich the implementation of GHRM at the micro level. Third, the lack of studies that can identify the factors forming a more comprehensive model of process innovation. Respondents were 284 Coffee SMEs in Bali. Data were collected by using quetionnaire. Path analysis is used in the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) equation with the help of SmartPLS. The results showed that: 1) Green human resources management has a possitive effect on innovation, 2) Green human resources management has a possitive effect on innovative work behavior, 3) innovative work behavior has a positive effect on innovation, 4) Innovative work behavior partially mediates the relationship between GHRM and innovation, 5) Knowledge inertia has no significant effect in moderating green human resource management (GHRM) to innovative work behavior.

Factors Influencing Employees’ Information Security Awareness in the Telework Environment

This study aims to identify and examine factors influencing employees’ information security awareness (ISA) in the telework environment. Specifically, the authors identify and examine the influence factors rooted in the knowledge-attitude-behavior (KAB) model (i.e., knowledge, attitude, and behavior) and knowledge inertia theory (i.e., experience and learning inertia). This study uses online survey data from 305 employees who have telework experience. We apply the structural equation modeling technique to assess the proposed research model. This research is among the pioneering studies that identify and examine the factors influencing employees’ ISA in the telework environment. Our study is also one of the first to investigate antecedents to employees’ ISA rooted in the KAB model and knowledge inertia theory in a telework environment. Results show that employees’ ISA in the telework environment is significantly influenced by their knowledge, behavior toward following security guidelines, and learning inertia, whereas attitude and experience inertia have no significant effect on employees’ ISA.

Coping with Knowledge Inertia for Improving R&D Team Creativity by Using Structural Equation Modeling and Hierarchical Multiple Regression

The study reported here examined the relationship between knowledge inertia and R&D team creativity by focusing on the mediating effect of cognitive conflict with direct and moderating effect of intentional unlearning capability to find out how to improve R&D team creativity for sustainable innovation from the perspective of coping with knowledge inertia. Data from a two-wave survey of 135 R&D teams within 67 firms in China were used to conduct the analysis of structural equation modeling and hierarchical multiple regression. Results showed that as predicted, knowledge inertia can not only decrease R&D team creativity directly but also decrease it by reducing the level of cognitive conflicts among the R&D team members, causing serious damage to R&D team creativity. In addition, intentional unlearning capability can help the R&D team reduce knowledge inertia directly and moderated the negative relationship between knowledge inertia and R&D team creativity, which was when intentional unlearning capability was high, the negative relationship between knowledge inertia and R&D team creativity would be weakened, and when it was low, the relationship would be strengthened, thus further verifying the important role of intentional unlearning capability in reducing the negative impact of knowledge inertia on R&D team creativity for sustainable innovation.

The Impact of Risk Perception Difference of Members of a Scientific Research Project Team on Information Adoption: The Moderating Effect of Knowledge Inertia

A scientific research project is always full of uncertainties and risks. In this condition, full exchange and complementarity of information resources among project team members are necessary and important to meet the information needs for project risk management and even affect the success of the project. The differentiated risk perception of members with various professional backgrounds can contribute to the communication and complementary of the necessary information within the team. However, too much difference in perceptions of project risks may cause members’ information conflicts, which may hinder the adoption of various information and do harm to the risk management. Considering the limited research on this “contradictory” relationship, especially for the scientific research project team, a special group, this study explores the impact of the risk perception differences of the scientific research project team members on information adoption behavior through the large sample empirical statistical method. The results show the hat risk perception difference of members positively affects the learning willingness and information adoption behavior but does not show a negative effect, and there is no inverted U-shaped relationship. Further, learning willingness plays a mediating role between both, while learning inertia and experience inertia positively and negatively moderate the positive effects of risk perception differences on learning willingness, respectively. From the cognitive perspective, this study further reveals the internal influence mechanism of risk perception difference of scientific research project team members on information behavior and provides a theoretical reference for improving the efficiency of information communication and optimizing collaborative team management.

Knowledge search and firm innovation: the roles of knowledge inertia and knowledge integration capability

ABSTRACT Based on the knowledge-based view (KBV), we investigate how and under what conditions knowledge search, including problemistic and slack searches, affects radical and incremental innovation. Using a data set composed of 247 Chinese firms, this study finds that slack search promotes radical and incremental innovation directly while problemistic search can positively affect radical and incremental innovation by the mediating role of knowledge integration capability (KIC). In addition, learning inertia strengthens the positive effect of problemistic search on KIC. This paper primarily contributes to innovation literature by clarifying and verifying how problemistic and slack searches affect radical and incremental innovation from the combined perspective of knowledge inertia and KIC. It also creates a foundation for further empirical investigation by explaining why existing studies have different views on the impacts of knowledge search on firm innovation.

Unraveling the performance puzzle of digitalization: Evidence from manufacturing firms

The COVID-19 pandemic has boosted firms’ investments in digital technologies, and digitalization is booming. However, it remains unclear how and when digitalization leads to superior performance. To demystify this phenomenon, we develop a moderated moderation model to investigate the combined effects of digitalization, knowledge inertia, and organizational integration mechanisms on firm performance. Based on survey data from 192 Chinese manufacturing firms with different degrees of digitalization, we find that although digitalization has a positive relationship with firm performance, that relationship is negatively moderated by knowledge inertia. More interestingly, a formal organizational integration mechanism, but not an informal organizational integration mechanism, mitigates the negative moderation effect of knowledge inertia. We contribute to the literature by articulating how knowledge inertia and organizational integration mechanisms jointly determine the effect of digitalization on firm performance. Our study also provides implications for firms to modify their practices to prosper in the digital revolution.

Factors Influencing BIM Integration with Emerging Technologies: Knowledge Coupling Perspective

In recent years, construction organizations have tended to use building information modeling (BIM) in combination with emerging technologies. Yet, although previous scholarship has explored a number of antecedents of BIM adoption, little is known about factors influencing such a burgeoning phenomenon—BIM integration. Against this background, this study employs knowledge coupling theory to investigate antecedents of BIM integration intention (BII). This study surveys 167 managers in the Chinese construction industry and analyzes the data using the structural equation modeling technique. The results indicate that three types of knowledge inertia (i.e., routine problem-solving strategy) exert different effects on BII. Specifically, experience inertia positively affects BII, learning inertia negatively affects BII, and procedural inertia has no effect on BII. Moreover, both formal and informal knowledge governance are positively related to BII. Further, formal knowledge governance is found to weaken the negative link between learning inertia and BII but strengthen the positive link between experience inertia and BII. These findings contribute to the construction management literature by deepening our understanding of BIM integration. Implications on BIM integration for practitioners are also discussed.

Effects of Organizational Cynicism Occupational Commitment and Organizational Dissent on Knowledge Inertia

Effects of Organizational Cynicism Occupational Commitment and Organizational Dissent on Knowledge Inertia