Journal of Knowledge Management: Volume 25 Issue 1

Polychronic knowledge creation in cross-border business models: a sea-like heuristic metaphor

Tachia Chin, Shouyang Wang, Chris Rowley

This study aims to characterise an intricate, idiosyncratic knowledge-creating mechanism in the modern digital context of cross-cultural business models (CBM). From an integrative…

Explicating the business model from a knowledge-based view: nature, structure, imitability and competitive advantage erosion

Jin Chen, Luyao Wang, Guannan Qu

The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize the business model (BM) from a knowledge-based view (KBV), to interpret its nature and knowledge structure and to investigate the…

Knowledge spillover driven by institutions: evidence from the big science project in China

Lingling Zhang, Chang Gao, Yoshiteru Nakamori

This study aims to explore the knowledge spillover mechanism in big science projects (BSP) from an institutional perspective by elaborating on the dynamic relationship between…

The moderating effect of cultural distance on the cross-border knowledge management and innovation quality of multinational corporations

Yunlong Duan, Lei Huang, Hao Cheng, Lisheng Yang, Tianzhou Ren

The key to the success of multinational corporations’ (MNCs) business models is the improvement of their innovation quality. From the cross-border knowledge management…

Can innovative knowledge management platforms lead to corporate innovation? Evidence from academician workstations in China

Xiaofeng Quan, Hongjun Xiao, Qiong Ji, Jinkang Zhang

This paper aims to analyse the role of government-led innovative knowledge management platforms in innovation knowledge management, social network effects and innovative resource…

Firm exporting and investment in exploratory and exploitative R&D

Yi Ke, Marios Kafouros, Haifeng Yan

This study aims to investigate how firms’ internationalization activities through exporting influence their organizational learning. Specifically, this study examines how the…

Examining the effects of governmental networking with environmental turbulence on the geographic searching of business model innovation generations

Haixu Bao, Chunhsien Wang, Ronggen Tao

This study aims to explore the relationship between geographic search and business model innovation and proposed a contingent framework to focus on how governmental networking and…

Benefits or costs? The effects of diversification with cross-industry knowledge on corporate value under crisis situation

Zhi Li, Jiuchang Wei, Dora Vasileva Marinova, Jingjing Tian

This paper aims to explore the explanations of “information effect” and “agency effect” of corporate diversification with cross-industry knowledge under a crisis situation.

Impact of intellectual capital on the financing of startups with new business models

Nirjhar Nigam, Sondes Mbarek, Afef Boughanmi

Financing investments in a knowledge-intensive sector may be more difficult as there is a greater degree of uncertainty and asymmetries of information. This paper aims to examine…

Knowledge-driven business model innovation through the introduction of equity investment: evidence from China’s primary market

Jiali Zheng, Han Qiao, Xiumei Zhu, Shouyang Wang

This study aims to explore the role of equity investment in knowledge-driven business model innovation (BMI) in context of open modes according to the evidence from China’s…