RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND INNOVATION TYPES (CASE STUDY: IRAN ALLOY STEEL CO)

Today, human believes that knowledge is the integral part of everybody's life. Therefore, the organizations must try in business, knowledge and implementation of appropriate national and international the interests of the organization. One of the achievements is innovation. The close relationship between the two allows organizations to use knowledge to achieve innovation advantage. The present study examines the relationship between knowledge management dimensions with all kinds of innovation. Accordingly, a questionnaires were distributed to managers and experts of Iran Alloy Steel's supply chain. The results of research by structural equation modeling in Amos software show that acquiring knowledge positively affects the innovation and marketing process and on the other hand knowledge sharing has a positive effect on product and organizational innovation. Keywords: knowledge management, innovation, analysis, Iran Alloy Steel Co.