Impact of Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning on Different Dimensions of Organizational Performance: A Case Study of Asian Food Industry

The main purpose of the study is to establish the relationships between knowledge management (KM) and organisational learning (OL), and their impact on three different dimensions of organisational performance (OP) in manufacturing food industries. 172 companies in food industry were selected in China, Taiwan and Malaysia, and structural equation modelling (SEM) is applied to test the hypotheses in the research model. The results show that KM and OL have positive effect on three dimensions of OP.

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