THE EFFECT OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT ON INNOVATIVE FUNCTION AT MEHRE EGHTESAD BANK

Abstract

Life and survival of Organizations depend on their flexibility in this changing environment. Innovation is one of the factors that help Organizations to have an appropriate reflex versus environmental changes. Banks as economic institutions always seek for Innovation in their services and products and in this way Knowledge management is one of the most important tools for innovation and consequently success and growth of banks. In this article, concepts relating to Knowledge management and Innovative performance were reviewed first, then the relationship of Knowledge management with different factors of Innovative performance were explored by a field research. Mehre Eghtesad Bank considered as case study and its managers and experts in Tehran are the population of the research. Findings showed the Knowledge Management have impact on innovative function.