战略联盟中信任、冲突与知识获取和企业绩效关系的实证研究

本文探讨了战略联盟中的企业绩效问题.通过引入知识获取这一中介变量,把信任和冲突与企业绩效联系起来,并使用结构方程模型对它们之间的关系进行了检验.本文使用的数据来自127个德国联盟企业.研究结果表明,信任将通过知识获取的中介作用对企业绩效产生正向影响.而冲突对知识获取的影响作用并不显著,说明冲突可以不经过知识获取的中介作用直接降低企业的绩效.此外,企业的知识获取与其绩效呈现正向的相关关系,表明企业需要重视知识管理活动以增强竞争力.

The Role of Trust and Conflict in Knowledge Acquisition and Firm Performance: The Case of Strategic Alliances

This paper examines firm-level performance implications of strategic alliances by introducing knowledge acquisition as an intermediary.We investigate how partner relationship-related factors(i.e.,trust and conflict) affect knowledge acquisition and firm performance.These questions were examined in a sample of 127 German alliance firms.We find that trust has a positive effect on firm performance through the mediating effect of knowledge acquisition,while conflict directly affects firm performance without the mediating effect of knowledge acquisition.Furthermore,there is a positive relationship between knowledge acquisition and firm performance,suggesting that firms should shed light on knowledge management activities so as to attain competitive advantage.