This study was conducted to use structured knowledge processes to improve innovation in the business model with the mediating role of organizational agility in small and medium businesses in Iran. A standard questionnaire was used to collect field data. The questionnaire was distributed among 383 sample people from the statistical population, which is all managers and experts of small and medium businesses in Iran. The research method was descriptive-correlational. To answer the questions and test the research hypotheses with Smart-PLS software, the method of studying structural equations and path analysis using the partial least squares (PLS) method was used. The results show that the process of knowledge acquisition has a positive and significant effect on the process of knowledge conversion and the process of knowledge conversion on the process of knowledge application and the process of knowledge application on innovation in the business model. The results also show that the process of applying knowledge has a positive and significant effect on organizational agility and organizational agility on innovation in the business model. The results finally confirmed the positive and significant effect of the process of applying knowledge through organizational agility on innovation in the business model.
کلید واژگان :
Structured knowledge processes, knowledge management, organizational agility, business model innovation, small and medium businesses in Iran
