Knowledge collaborative incentive based on inter-organizational cooperative innovation of project-based supply chain

Abstract

Purpose: Within the process of project-based supply chain inter-organizational cooperative innovation, the achievement of project value-adding has been influenced by many factors like the effect level of project-based organization and the relationship within project cooperative innovation objectives etc. The purpose of this paper is to provide a reliable reference for the contractor reasonably allocate the effect level and resources between the knowledge investment and knowledge innovation stage, and realize the knowledge collaboration for project-based supply chain. Design/methodology/approach: This paper employed a methodology of knowledge collaborative incentive model and example analysis based on the assumption of equal cooperation within project-based organizations from the view of maximizing project value-adding. By considering the relationships of effect cost between knowledge input and innovation stage, a knowledge collaborative incentive model for project-based supply chain inter-organizational cooperative innovation was established, and solved through the mathematic first-order and second-order approach, A simulation with example analysis were presented as a proof. Findings: The results show that, the project management enterprise not only could achieve project value-adding maximization, but also could realize the net earnings Pareto improvement between project management enterprise and contractor by adjusting the project knowledge collaboration incentive intensity and implemented knowledge input-innovation coordinative incentive strategy. Research limitations/implications: For simplification purpose, the knowledge flow in the hypothesis of the model is presented as knowledge input and knowledge innovation stage, thus it may affect the final outcome of the result. Originality/value: During the practice of construction engineering, knowledge management is becoming more and more important to achieve project value-adding. This research provides a theoretical guideline for the project-based organizations, such as the contractor and the owner, especially on how to utilize their core knowledge perfectly.