Game analysis of the knowledge sharing mechanism for the supply chain collaborative innovation
Abstract: In information
economy era, innovation is the key to improve the competitiveness of
enterprises. The traditional way of enterprise innovation is outdated and
supply chain collaborative innovation has becoming popular. This paper aims to
analyses the mechanism of knowledge sharing between enterprises in supply chain
collaborative innovation.
Design/methodology/approach: This paper analyzes the supply chain
members’ willingness to share knowledge by using the game theory. And the
result of knowledge sharing between two companies is analyzed by using the
evolutionary game.
Findings: We broke the knowledge sharing process in supply chain
collaborative innovation into knowledge mining and knowledge transferring. We
got the best knowledge sharing strategy of each supply chain member. We gave
the influencing factors of knowledge sharing between members for the knowledge
sharing mechanisms in supply chain collaborative innovation.
Research limitations/implications: We didn’t study the willingness of
more than two supply chain members to share knowledge and the result of
knowledge sharing between them. And this situation is more realistic.
Practical implications: Our findings can help to improve the effect of
knowledge sharing in supply chain collaborative innovation.
Originality/value: The paper introduces the game theory to knowledge
sharing between members in supply chain collaborative innovation, deepens the
understanding of knowledge sharing in supply chain collaborative innovation,
and gives some interesting findings.
Author: Liang Liu, Guo Chen,
Xiaoge Niu
Journal Code: jptindustrigg150054
