TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose– Turbulence and complexity in the business environment is growing along with the need for external information in creating innovation, as innovation is seen as the primary source of sustainable competitive advantages in the knowledge economy. Consequently, the underlying information processes were external information are gathered and put into use, are crucial for companies in their development of innovation, and ultimately their capacity to limit imitation and create sustainable competitive advantages.Design/methodology/approach– The research question in this paper is, how can systemic knowledge processes create innovation and promote competitive advantages? Through a conceptual model it is argued that a prerequisite for the acquisition, development, integration and application of knowledge, is the existence of systemic knowledge processes, percolation processes and networking.Findings– It is through these processes that organizations can develop innovations, which ultimately will lead to sustainable competitive advantages.Originality/value– Provides an insight into, and an understanding of knowledge processes, innovation and sustainable competitive advantages in the business environment.
VL  - 38
IS  - 3/4
SN  - 0368-492X
DO  - 10.1108/03684920910944795
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/03684920910944795
AU  - Johannessen Jon‐Arild
AU  - Olsen Bjørn
ED  - Mian‐yun Chen
ED  - Yi Lin
ED  - Hejing Xiong
PY  - 2009
Y1  - 2009/01/01
TI  - Systemic knowledge processes, innovation and sustainable competitive advantages
T2  - Kybernetes
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 559
EP  - 580
Y2  - 2024/09/18
ER  -