摘要：Companies that have achieved a certain level of knowledge growth are ableto capitalize on the knowledge to improve their results (Tiwana, 2002). Enterprisescan obtain their competitive advantages by acquiring useful knowledge.The knowledge acquisition process can take place both in the context of theinternal relationships of the firms and of the external relationships with customers,suppliers, and competitors. Dyer and Singh (1998) suggested that externalknowledge acquisition becomes critical for firms, and Nonaka (1994) formulatedthat this is important in value creation for firms. Moreover, Yli-Renko et al. (2001)stated, that external knowledge acquisition provides opportunities for creatingnew knowledge in firms.
