An Examination of Knowledge Asset Dynamics for Competitive Advantage in a Manufacturing R&D Department

製造業研發部門知識資產動態之研究

蔡明宏(Ming-Hong Tsai) ； 李昇暾(Sheng-Tun Li) ； 林清河(Chin-Ho Lin)

《Asia Pacific Management Review》 17卷4期 (2012/12) Pp. 343-360+i

https://doi.org/10.6126/APMR.2012.17.4.01

摘要

動態性被認為是企業知識資產關鍵的特性之一。不過，目前為止，許多研究尚止於強調動態性的存在；很少研究專注於為何這些特性會存在或者專注於找到描述此種動態性的方法。在我們看來，主要的障礙可能是源於缺乏根基的觀點。換句話說，描述知識資產的動態應該要以某種特定的觀點作為基礎。採用不同的觀點為基礎來描述知識資產將會導致完全不同的結果。本文採用二個觀點，持續性與利潤性，來描述知識資產的動態。利潤性觀點是指知識資產的動態如何影響企業利潤；持續性觀點則是指利潤的持久程度。本文的目的是要以持續性與利潤性為基礎來發展一個模型，並藉由此模型來描述企業知識資產的動態。本文提出一個具有三個描述知識資產動態的假說的模型。此外，本文也針對一家製造業研發部門主要知識資產的動態做個案研究來驗證所提出的假說。

關鍵字

知識資產動態 ； 持續性 ； 利潤性 ； 知識管理

並列摘要

The dynamics characteristic has been considered one of the crucial characteristics of the knowledge assets of a firm. However, many studies to date merely focus on stressing the existence of this characteristic, and very little attention has been given to why this characteristic exists or to find an appropriate way for describing it. The major obstruction, in our opinion, may be the lack of underlying perspectives. Clearly, describing knowledge asset dynamics should be based on some kinds of specific perspectives. Adopting different perspectives will lead to quite different descriptions. This article adopts two perspectives, durability and profitability, to describe knowledge asset dynamics. The profitability perspective refers to how knowledge assets impact the profits of a firm, and the durability perspective concerns how long can the profitability be sustained. The aim of this article is centered on developing a model in terms of durability and profitability to describe the dynamics of the knowledge assets of a firm. A model with three propositions to describe knowledge asset dynamics is proposed. In addition, a case study on the dynamics of major knowledge assets in the R&D department of a manufacturer was then conducted to verify the proposed propositions.

並列關鍵字

Knowledge asset dynamics ； durability ； profitability ； knowledge management

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