Empirical Study on Risk Effect Path of Knowledge Transfer between Firms in Supply Chain

Based on the questionnaire data collected from firms in Shanghai,Guangzhou,and Hunan,the structural equation modeling method is used to identify the influence paths and effects of major risks on risk results in the process of knowledge transfer between firms in supply chain.The major risk factors are knowledge transfer actors,knowledge characteristics,knowledge transfer environment,the way of knowledge transfer,the peculiarity of supply chain structure and collaboration among actor.It's shown that knowledge transfer actor,the characteristics of knowledge,the peculiarity of supply chain structure,and the cooperation among actors influence risk result of knowledge transfer directly or indirectly through working on other factors.However,the risk factors in knowledge transfer environment and the way of knowledge transfer only affect knowledge transfer performance indirectly through increasing or decreasing the effect on the risk result of knowledge characteristics,actor's capacity and the cooperation among actors.The result is helpful to knowledge management and knowledge transfer risk management in supply chain in China.