| The core research question of this dissertation is to explore the relations among utilization of external knowledge, the knowledge platform and performance of enterprises in an era of open innovation. With the accerating global knowledge innovation and flow, the open innovation strategy is key to enterprises. And research on the other two important knowledge management factors which influence the performance of enterprise, that's knowledge audit activity and interllectural property operation regarding promoting the mechanism for enterprise performance.According to the literature review and the related research, first the exterior knowledge process and the knowledge platform function mechanism are analyzed. Then the internal and external knowledge platform is discussed, including the three essential factors of platform as well as the knowledge tacticness and imbedibility nature and other essential support factors of knowledge platform. External knowledge management process, which is summarized as acquisition, intergration, absorption, innovation and protection process, is explained with the knowledge platform function mechanism as well as through exterior knowledge management mechanism, in order to achieve long-term performance.Moreover, the function mechanisms of knowledge audit activity and interllectual property operation management regarding the enterprise performance are illustrated. The enterprise knowledge audit activity is divived into a three-process system, that's industrial knowledge characteristic audit, audit for knowledge supply and demand of enterprise and audits for knowledge platform of the enterprise. This article further analyzes the intellectual property operation management process and modes. On the basis of these, the decision process for the appropriate intellectual property operation management patterns regarding the enterprise performance is discussed.After gaining 265 effective questionnaires on enterprises, basic information the descriptive statistics has been carried out. Using the data, the exiploring factor analysis (EFA) of all the varialbls has separately been tested, and the validity and the reliability of the questionnaires, as well as the data quality has been anylized with the adoption of the software, LISTREL 8.70, prepared for the confirmation factor analysis (CFA) model and the correlation hypotheses.Finally using the structure equation model (SEM), the anylsis of research models and the 12 hypotheses have been carried out, making use of the survey data with the statistical software LIEREL8.7. Factor analysis of the enterprise knowledge audit activities, the intellectual property management and utilization of external knowledge process ability related to the enterprise performance has been conducted. Finally the comprehensive models combining the independent variables and the dependent variables have been analyzed, to teste the rationality of unified confirmation model with the basic hypotheses, and the statistical and the economic significance has been illustrated.After the questionnaire survey and the statistical analysis, chapter 8 demonstrates a depth case analysis, taking a case of Chinese Enterprise, to further confirm the conceptual model and the basic accuracy of the hypothesis, and come to an end with summarry and compararison of the case research conclusions.The main research conclusions list as follows:(1) Under the background of accerating global knowledge innovation and intensifying flow, the ability of utiliazation for external knowledge is one of the most important abilities of enterprise, and can lead to long-term performance.(2) The results show that, the positive relations between enterprise's essential function of knowledge platform factors and untilization of external knowledge in the enterprise has been confirmed.(3)The findings indicate that, the specific characteristics of knowledge platform when using external knowledge influence the ability of enterprise, thus affects the long-term performance of enterprises.(4) Effective knowledge audit activities is also influential factors to the performance of enterprise. This result also demonstrates that, enterprise's long-term performance is also affected by the intellectual property operation management capacity. The statistical data analysis indicates that, diverse intellectual propety operation capacity is positively related to the performance of enterprise.(5) Both the result of structure equation modelling analysis on the questionnaire, and the case study indicate that, the ability of external knowledge utilization, the essential knowledge platform factors, the knowledge audit activities, intellectual property operation capacity and other essential factors, impact the long-term performance of the enterprises.The main theoretical and managerial contributions lie in:(1) From the new research angle, the open innovation theory is push foward further. That's taking the view of external knowledge utilization and the knowledge platform to analyze the open innovation theory.(2) Knowledge platform theory has been developed. On the basis of the researches that predecessor conducted regarding the knowledge platform research, on the one hand this research a comprehensive framework of knowledge platform is proposed; on the other hand, the mechanism to utilization exterior knowledge relate to knowledge platform is demonstrated.(3) Initially the concept of intellectual property operation management as well as its function mechanism to the enterprise performance has been put forward.(4) A comprehensive model regarding long-term performance of enterprise with the capabilities of using external knowledge, knowledge platform, knowledge audit activities, as well as the intellectual property operation management and so on, has been tested.The data sources of survey originate mainly from both Chinese Enterprise, also including parts in Germany and other countries. So the conclusions have braod value. The final research findings are valuable in the practical business management.Classification Code: F931...
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