Social capital, knowledge quality, knowledge sharing, and innovation capability: An empirical study of the Indian pharmaceutical sector

Abstract

Management of technology and innovation is a topic that has been subjected to a lot of discussions by the academicians and practitioners alike. Furthermore, researchers have emphasized the importance of the role that knowledge management/knowledge sharing can play in promoting innovation in an organization. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the role of social capital and knowledge sharing in achieving innovation capability of an organization. It also discusses the role that knowledge quality might play in fostering the innovation capability of an organization. The basic research model was developed based on an in-depth review of the extant literature and subsequently tested based on survey data collected from 97 senior executives across multiple pharmaceutical organizations in India. The findings of the partial least squares structural equation modeling indicated that knowledge quality and explicit and tacit knowledge sharing had a significant effect on innovation capability of pharmaceutical organizations in India. It further highlighted that although relational and cognitive social capital play a significant role in improving the quality of shared knowledge among the employees, structural social capital did not have a significant role to play.The findings of this study are expected to aid the pharmaceutical sector to understand the role that knowledge sharing might play in achieving its innovation capability and design knowledge management strategies accordingly.

Enhancing competitive advantage through knowledge sharing, absorptive capacity, and innovation capability

“…The first hypothesis in this study is that knowledge sharing has a positive and significant effect on innovation ability. Several previous studies support these results by Lo & Tian (2020;Kurniawan et al 2020;Ganguly et al 2020;Le & Lei, 2019;Lam et al 2021). The analysis results in this study support the first hypothesis and prove that knowledge sharing can positively and significantly impact the ability to innovate in modern cafes and restaurants in Yogyakarta.…”

“…The importance of knowledge management was also highlighted by research on 97 pharmaceutical industry employees in India regarding knowledge quality, explicit and implicit knowledge sharing, and innovation capabilities. The analysis results show that knowledge quality and detailed and tacit knowledge sharing significance affect the innovation ability of pharmaceutical companies in India (Ganguly et al 2020).…”

“…One of the essential roles of knowledge sharing is increasing innovation capability (Lo & Tian, 2020;Kurniawan et al, 2020;Ganguly et al 2020;Le & Lei, 2019;Lam et al 2021). The importance of knowledge management was also highlighted by research on 97 pharmaceutical industry employees in India regarding knowledge quality, explicit and implicit knowledge sharing, and innovation capabilities.…”

Impact of Organizational Culture on Knowledge Sharing Behavior

“…The knowledge sharing behaviour between members and departments in an organization has enormous benefits. The results showed that knowledge sharing can increase productivity [1]; jobsatisfaction [2]; creativity [3]; innovation capability [4]; etc.…”

The Impact of Employees’ Psychological Capital on Innovative Work Behavior: The Chain Mediating Effect of Knowledge Donating and Knowledge Collecting

“…Knowledge sharing can promote the accumulation and flow of knowledge, which is essential for the translation of individual knowledge to organizational knowledge ( Hooff and Ridder, 2004 ) and the generation of new knowledge. Therefore, it is positively related to employees’ creative behavior, innovation capability, and innovation performance ( Kim and Lee, 2013 ; Akhavan and Hosseini, 2016 ; Pian et al, 2019 ; Clercq and Pereira, 2020 ; Ganguly et al, 2020 ), which is also an important factor affecting employees’ IWB ( Akram et al, 2020 ; Asurakkody and Kim, 2020 ; Yasir et al, 2021 ). As mentioned above, knowledge sharing consists of two central processes: knowledge collecting and donating ( Hooff and Ridder, 2004 ).…”