The Impact Of Enterpreneurial Orientation On Knowledge Management Capability

Competitive advantage no longer relies just on tangible assets and natural resources, but on how effectively firms manage knowledge. Knowledge management capability (KMC) is the source for organizations to gain the sustainable competitive advantage. The research on knowledge management capacity is gaining more and more attention. By managing knowledge as a continuous process, organizations are able to meet existing and emerging needs, identify, exploit existing and acquired knowledge assets in order to develop new opportunities.In recent years, some scholars put their focus on the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and knowledge management capability,while most efforts are focused on the direct impact on the knowledge management capability rather than the theories of the process that various dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation contributes to KMC. On the basis of this current situation, this paper construct the relationships between entrepreneurial orientation and knowledge management capability with the mediation effects of organizational factors.On the basis of the summarize of former research, this paper discovers the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and knowledge management capability with organizational factors as a Mediating Variable; and raises assumptions. As per foreign fully-fledged ones, a questionnaire concerning entrepreneurial orientation, organizational factors, and knowledge management capability in Chinese context is worked out and delivered to enterprises of various sorts in China. The factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used for exploring the factor construct.The scale has good reliability and validity by statistical analysis.Based on the data collected with the above scale,the author did descriptive statistic analysis, correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis and SEM establishment and tested all research hypotheses.The results showed that:(1) Entrepreneurial orientation is constructed by 3 factors,including:innovative, proactiveness and autonomy; The knowledge management capability is constructed by 3 factors, including:knowledge acquisition capability, knowledge conversion capability and knowledge application capability.(2) Entrepreneurial orientation and the knowledge management capability have positive correlation.(3) Organizational factors and the knowledge management capability have positive correlation.(4) Organizational factors play an intermediary role in affecting the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and the knoeledge management.During the process of formulating and implementing the strategic orientation, this research conclusion helps enterprises rationally distribute resources, adopt appropriate strategic guide, and finally improve knowledge management capability with the key effect of the organizational factors.