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The linkage between knowledge accumulation capability and organizational innovation
Su‐Chao Chang, Ming‐Shing LeeThe main purpose of this paper is to explore the effect of knowledge accumulation capability on organizational innovation. This study also attempts to find if interaction between…
Organizational characteristics as prescriptive factors of knowledge management initiatives
Rémy Magnier‐Watanabe, Dai SenooThe use of knowledge in organizations is largely a discretionary behavior that can be encouraged but not demanded. As such, the firm can only attempt to provide the right…
Knowledge transfer in alliances: determinant factors
Hamid Mazloomi Khamseh, Dominique R. JollyResource‐and knowledge‐based authors claim that firms should focus on the creation and accumulation of knowledge‐based competencies in order to yield long‐term survival. Several…
Knowledge processes: from managing people to managing processes
Alon Hasgall, Snunith ShohamThe purpose of this article is to discuss the necessity of access to the personal knowledge of each employee in order to cope with requirements in an organization's dynamic…
The knowledge system of a firm: social capital for explicit, tacit and potential knowledge
Anssi SmedlundThe purpose of this paper is to bring clarity to the concept of social capital in the value creation in firms from the knowledge management perspective. To discuss the social…
Knowledge transfer in developed‐developing country interfirm collaborations: a conceptual framework
Bedman NartehThe aim of the paper is to explore the theoretical underpinnings of knowledge transfer within developed‐developing country based interfirm collaborations and to develop a…
Knowledge transformation among virtually‐cooperating group members
Tony Feghali, Jamal El‐DenThe purpose of this paper is to present how in a virtual setting a cooperating group of individuals could transform their tacit knowledge, and what is the necessary infrastructure…
Improved organizational performance through communities of practice
Andrew Schenkel, Robin TeiglandThe purpose of this article is to empirically investigate the relationship between communities of practice and performance.
Knowledge management systems success: a contingency perspective
Mohamed Khalifa, Angela Yan Yu, Kathy Ning ShenThis paper aims at clarifying important contingencies for the success of knowledge management systems (KMS). More specifically, a model is developed based on the IS success model…
The use of tacit knowledge within innovative companies: knowledge management in innovative enterprises
Ragna Seidler‐de Alwis, Evi HartmannThe purpose of this paper is to examine the use of tacit knowledge within innovative organizations. It addresses what organizations can do to promote knowledge sharing in order to…
The effect of tacit knowledge on firm performance
Harold HarlowThe purpose of this paper is to propose the use of the tacit knowledge index (TKI) to assess the level of tacit knowledge within firms and its effect on firm performance.
Tacit knowledge utilization in Thai construction projects
Wasan Teerajetgul, Chotchai ChareonngamTacit knowledge, which is developed through experience, is used by Thai construction managers to perform their tasks and deliver project performance. The purpose of this paper is…
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- Professor Manlio Del Giudice