Measuring the Impact of Knowledge Management on Innovation -Case Study: Knowledge-Base Enterprises of Science and Technology Park at the University of Tabriz

The present era is the era of knowledge. Knowledge is considered as the most important and fundamental competitive factor. Innovation is identified as a survival factor of technology companies and knowledge-base enterprises. In a knowledge-based world, knowledge management (KM) plays the critical role in innovation of knowledge-base enterprises. In fact, organizational managers have found that successful innovation is knowledge-based innovation, knowledge management is defined as recognition, acquisition, sharing, development, application, maintenance and creation of knowledge through the concept of innovation. Innovation research express "To be successful in business the company require innovation". The purpose of this study investigates the relationship between knowledge management and innovation in science and technology park at the University of Tabriz. The present research in terms of purpose, applied and in terms of nature is descriptive and correlational research. The findings indicate a significant and positive relationship between knowledge management (KM) and Innovation(Product, Process, Incremental, Radical). Therefore, pay. more attention to knowledge management will increase innovation.