The effect of technical learning on innovative performance

This paper examines the relationships among technical learning,technical capability and innovative performance.The sample of this study contains 118 companies in China.The result suggests that the 5 elements of technical learning——the source,the content,the object,the level and the environment all have positive direct and indirect impact,through technical capability,on innovative performance.Specially,the indirect effect of learning source on performance is not notable,neither does the direct effect of learning environment on performance.However,the key elements whose effects on performance are more significant have been identified as follows: the content,the level and the source.