It is widely acknowledged that enhancing innovation capability is an inevitable requirement for the survival and sustainable growth of firms operating in the information technology sector. Therefore, this study was conducted to explore the relationship among organizational culture, knowledge management and innovation capability in the open innovation environment to provide useful suggestions and recommendations for managerial practices within the high-tech industry. Primary data collected from 182 high-tech firm’s representatives were processed by using the Structural Equation Modeling approach. The results showed that knowledge management was strongly correlated with innovation capability. The positively significant relationship between organizational culture and knowledge management was also confirmed. Overall, the findings suggest that an open innovation culture of an organization in which mutual trust, collaboration and learning are promoted by supportive and participative leaders is more likely to increase the efficiency of knowledge management practices; thus, eventually lead to enhanced innovation capability of the firm.

This research empirically examines the effect of entrepreneurial leadership, entrepreneurial orientation, and technological innovation capability on SMEs' performance. Interestingly, this study investigates the mediating effects of internal organizational factors such as entrepreneurial orientation, team creativity, dynamic capabilities, and competitive advantage on the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and SMEs' performance. The consistent PLS-SEM approach was applied to analyze valid data collected from 182 small and medium IT enterprises operating at Quang Trung Software City, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The empirical results reveal that entrepreneurial leadership via the full mediators of team creativity, dynamic capabilities, and competitive advantages can enhance the performance of IT SMEs. While entrepreneurial orientation does not influence SMEs' business performance, technological innovation capabilities can provide some benefits. Besides, entrepreneurial orientation plays no mediation role in the relationship between entrepreneurial leadership and SMEs’ performance. Finally, the results allow us to provide meaningful insights and recommendations to manage and promote better entrepreneurial inspiration.

Employees’ working relationships were long determined to be crucial to their overall wellbeing and performance ratings at work. However, a few studies were found to examine the effects of positive workplace relationships on employees’ working manners. This study aimed to investigate the effects of healthy workplace relationships on employees’ working behaviors, which in turn affect their performance. In doing so, an integrated model was developed to examine the primary performance drivers of nurses in Vietnamese hospitals and focus on the effects of high-quality workplace relationships on the working attitudes of the staff. This study analyzed a questionnaire survey of 303 hospital nurses using a structural equation modeling approach. The findings demonstrated the positive effects of high-quality workplace relationships on working manners including higher commitment, lower level of reported job stress, and increased perception of social impact. Notably, the results also demonstrated that relationships between leaders and their staff nurses make a significant contribution to the quality of workplace relationship and nurses’ performance. In addition, the social impact was illustrated to positively moderate the association between healthy workplace interactions and job stress; however, it had no significant effect on job commitment. Unfortunately, job commitment was surprisingly found to not be related to performance ratings. This paper provides some suggestions for the divergence of performance drivers in the hospital context in Vietnam.

Purpose: This study determines whether government support for innovation (GSFI), knowledge sharing, knowledge management success (KMS) and intellectual capital (IC) strengthens the relationship between firm innovation and performance in the manufacturing industry in Vietnam.Design/methodology/approach: A theoretical model and related hypotheses on manufacturers in Vietnam were developed based on the resource-based view and knowledge-based view. Data were collected from 361 respondents through a structured questionnaire and analyzed by partial least squares-structural equation modeling.Findings: GSFI and IC significantly and positively influence firm innovation and performance. However, knowledge sharing does not affect firm innovation. Moreover, KMS fully mediates the positive relationship between knowledge sharing and firm innovation, and firm innovation partially mediates the positive relationships of IC and government support with firm performance.Practical implications: The findings show how managers can utilize IC, KMS and government assistance to maximize the benefits of innovative outcomes and improve business performance.Originality/value: This groundbreaking study creates a research model incorporating IC, knowledge sharing, KMS, GSFI, firm innovation and firm performance by extending two theories. Although the effects of various intangible assets on firm performance have been discussed extensively in the literature, there has been limited focus on the significance of KMS, knowledge sharing, IC and GSFI for enhancing innovative outcomes and driving business success in emerging markets such as Vietnam.