Journal of Knowledge Management: Volume 8 Issue 3

Knowledge management strategies: a multi‐case study

Alan D. Smith

The goal of every organization is to manage their knowledge successfully. A firm’s knowledge management strategy should reflect its internal competitive strategy. The strategy…

Knowledge‐related asymmetries in strategic alliances

Yan Cimon

This paper proposes a framework for understanding knowledge‐related asymmetries in strategic alliances. Their effect on alliance stability, on the realizations of the goals and…

Understanding organizational capabilities: towards a conceptual framework

Yiannis E. Spanos, Gregory Prastacos

Despite the theoretical and managerial importance of the notion of organizational capabilities, it is still not entirely clear what capabilities are and how they are created. With…

Characterizing knowledge management in the small business environment

Kuan Yew Wong, Elaine Aspinwall

Most of the literature on knowledge management (KM) and its application has, until recently, been centered on large organizations. Pertinent issues in small businesses have to a…

Informal network players, knowledge integration, and competitive advantage

Yukika Awazu

In today’s hyper‐competitive environments, generation and dissipation of knowledge can no longer be understood from within the boundaries of formal organizational mechanisms…

Multi‐level complexity in the management of knowledge networks

Lisa Beesley

While it is widely acknowledged that economic growth is now dependent on the realization of a knowledge based economy, there remains much confusion as to how this is actualized…

Social context and social capital as enablers of knowledge integration

Josephine Chinying Lang

This paper argues that social contexts and social capital enable knowledge integration; that different social contexts combined with different types of social capital enable…

Critical attributes of organizational culture that promote knowledge management technology implementation success

Heejun Park, Vincent Ribière, William D. Schulte

Many scholars and practitioners claim that a supportive organizational culture can enable the successful implementation of knowledge management (KM) technology initiatives…

Job‐related knowledge sharing: comparative case studies

Jen‐Te Yang

This paper presents data from two case studies showing the enhancement of organizational effectiveness, which can proceed through knowledge sharing amongst employees. The main…

Applying knowledge management principles to enhance cross‐functional team performance

Mirghani Mohamed, Michael Stankosky, Arthur Murray

Traditional organizations with heavy internal competition, rigid functional silos and undue compartmentalization exhibit sub‐optimal performance by inhibiting critical knowledge…