Existing Knowledge, Knowledge Creation Capability, and the Rate of New Product Introduction in High-Technology Firms
对72家科技企业的高管团队和知识工作者进行实地研究，发现新产品和服务引入速度取决于成员组合与交换知识的能力，该能力受员工现有知识、成员个人网络以及组织风险承担和团队协作氛围的影响。
A field study of top management teams and knowledge workers from 72 technology firms demonstrated that the rate of new product and service introduction was a function of organization members' ability to combine and exchange knowledge. We tested the following as bases of that ability: the existing knowledge of employees (their education levels and functional heterogeneity), knowledge from member ego networks (number of direct contacts and strength of ties), and organizational climates for risk taking and teamwork.