Approaching The Firm’s Innovation Capability through Knowledge Management Lens

Abstract

Firm innovation capability has attracted attention of researchers and the term innovation has been largely explained in the strategic management literature in a variety of dimensions. In this attempt, organizational knowledge strategy, a knowledge-oriented culture and knowledge management sharing have been proposed to play a key role in determining firm’s innovation capability. This paper aims to draw together knowledge from two different scientific disciplines i.e. strategic management and knowledge management. A conceptual model emerges as we specifically recognize the core KM concepts as a prospective basis for explaining the phenomenon of firm innovation capability by drawing literature based definitions on knowledge strategy, knowledge centered culture and knowledge sharing. This study advances towards conceptualizing the domain of firm innovation capability by applying the ‘Knowledge Management Lens’ composed of knowledge strategy, knowledge oriented culture and knowledge sharing.