Journal of Knowledge Management: Volume 24 Issue 3

Publisher’s note

Internal and external search strategies of innovative firms: the role of the target market

Guillermo Ruiz-Pava, Clemente Forero-Pineda

This paper aims to develop the concept of internal search of ideas to show the contrast between search strategies adopted by firms that introduce new products into local and…

Dual relational embeddedness and knowledge transfer in European multinational corporations and subsidiaries

Alberto Ferraris, Gabriele Santoro, Veronica Scuotto

This paper aims to investigate the relationship between the level of subsidiaries’ internal and external relational embeddedness and the degree of subsidiaries’ knowledge…

A holistic model for inter-plant knowledge transfer within an international manufacturing network

Farhad Noruzi, Daniel Stenholm, Peter Sjögren, Dag Bergsjö

This paper aims to provide a holistic view to support the choice of appropriate strategy for conducting a knowledge transfer (KT) project in an international manufacturing network…

Global mobility of professionals and the transfer of tacit knowledge in multinational service firms

Ying Guo, Pavlina Jasovska, Hussain Gulzar Rammal, Elizabeth L. Rose

The use of expatriates to transfer individual and organizational know-how and knowledge is a practice widely used by multinational enterprises (MNEs). However, for service firms…

A jack-of-all-trades or a master of none: the performance effects of balancing exploration and exploitation within vs across alliance portfolio domains

Christopher R. Penney, James G. Combs, Nolan Gaffney, Jennifer C. Sexton

Theory predicts that balancing exploratory and exploitative learning (i.e., ambidexterity) across alliance portfolio domains (e.g. value chain function, governance modes…

Improving innovation performance through knowledge acquisition: the moderating role of employee retention and human resource management practices

Armando Papa, Luca Dezi, Gian Luca Gregori, Jens Mueller, Nicola Miglietta

This paper aims to study the effects of knowledge acquisition on innovation performance and the moderating effects of human resource management (HRM), in terms of employee…

Knowledge sharing and technological innovation capabilities of Chinese software SMEs

Jianguo Yao, Antonio Crupi, Alberto Di Minin, Xumei Zhang

This paper aims to investigate how knowledge sharing influences technological innovation capability (TIC) of the software small- and medium-sized enterprises (SSMEs).

Measuring knowledge spillovers transfer from scholars in business schools: validation of a multiple-item scale

Vicente Prado-Gascó, Nabil Amara, Julia Olmos-Peñuela

The purpose of this paper is to develop and validate a 12-item scale of knowledge spillovers transfer (KST) from scholars in business schools to practitioners outside academia.

Knowledge capabilities in supply chain networks: a taxonomy

Robert Ogulin, Gustavo Guzman, Subasinghage Maduka Nuwangi

This paper aims to develop a conceptual taxonomy for building requisite knowledge capabilities for different supply chain network (SCN) types. Specifically, it examines knowledge…

Offense is the best defense: the impact of workplace bullying on knowledge hiding

Zhu Yao, Xianchun Zhang, Jinlian Luo, Hui Huang

Workplace bullying is a common negative event suffered by employees in the workplace. The harm it brings to the organization has become the focus of the field of organizational…

Facilitating weaker firms’ market knowledge in asymmetric B2B relationship from structure, process, and strategy aspects – a case of travel industry

Kuan-Yang Chen, Tzung-Cheng Huan

This study aims to explore three critical factors, namely, specific assets investment (SAI), knowledge integration mechanism (KIM) and complementary capability (CC), the…