The Effect of Knowledge Sharing on Ambidextrous Innovation: Triadic Intellectual Capital as a Mediator

There is no doubt that the primary reason firms encourage knowledge sharing to drive innovation. As nutrients for innovation, what role do different elements of intellectual capital play in this relationship? When we consider ambidexterity enterprise innovation—exploratory and exploitative—how affect relationship between them? This study adopts a triadic perspective divide into human, structural relational capital. We analyzed 349 questionnaires from high-tech enterprises found had significantly positive effect on all three capital, human ambidextrous Relational exploitative innovation but significant exploratory Unexpectedly, there was direct full mediations among them. may suggest should pay more attention when they adopt At same time, remind managers be promoted only increases Therefore, misuse management tools avoided, ineffective practices reduced. In addition, explored open paradigm made some suggestions future research.