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Publication date: 1 October 2005

Philip R. Harris

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European Business Review, vol. 17 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0955-534X

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Publication date: 25 May 2012

Petra Andries and Annelies Wastyn

The main purpose of this paper is to provide large‐scale empirical evidence on the value‐enhancing and cost‐increasing effects of knowledge management (KM) techniques.

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Purpose

The main purpose of this paper is to provide large‐scale empirical evidence on the value‐enhancing and cost‐increasing effects of knowledge management (KM) techniques.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors conduct structural equation analyses, using data from the Community Innovation Survey 2007 and from annual accounts of 705 innovative Belgian firms.

Findings

Results confirm that the use of KM techniques has an indirect positive impact on financial performance via increased innovation performance. In addition, a direct cost‐increasing effect of KM practices on financial performance is observed. In the short term, this direct cost‐increasing effect exceeds the indirect value‐generating effect of KM techniques.

Research limitations/implications

This study investigates the short‐term effects of KM techniques. Future research should study the long‐term costs and benefits. Data were collected in Belgium and may not reflect the impact of KM practices in other geographic, economic or cultural settings.

Practical implications

The findings clearly indicate that the implementation of KM techniques entails significant costs. Within a two‐year time frame, the financial costs of KM techniques are more visible than their potential benefits. An exclusive focus on the short‐term implications of the use of KM techniques is hence likely to give a too pessimistic view on their potential financial contribution.

Originality/value

This article is the first large‐scale study that disentangles both the value‐enhancing and cost‐increasing effects of KM techniques on financial performance and that uses time lags and accounting data (as opposed to self‐reported performance measures) to do so.

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Journal of Knowledge Management, vol. 16 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1367-3270

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Publication date: 1 September 2001

M.M.S Retha

The article is a report of an investigation of the business/practical world ’s perspective of the role and responsibilities of the information and knowledge manager and the…

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The article is a report of an investigation of the business/practical world ’s perspective of the role and responsibilities of the information and knowledge manager and the analysis of the findings against a theoretical/academic background. Information about employment opportunities and requirements for the position of information and knowledge managers was extracted from job advertisements,which appeared in the three weekly national newspapers with the highest circulation figures in South Africa. The findings revealed that employers seem to have a problem indefining the position and role of the information and knowledge manager in their organisations. It also indicated that organisations should be aware of the fact that what the communicate to the public via job advertisements can reflect on their knowledge of information and knowledge management.

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Aslib Proceedings, vol. 53 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0001-253X

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Publication date: 1 December 2001

Carol Hart Metzker

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Journal of Organizational Change Management, vol. 14 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0953-4814

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Publication date: 1 September 2003

Kevin Crowston

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Information Technology & People, vol. 16 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0959-3845

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Publication date: 1 October 2007

Mark Watson

This article provides an overview of a range of techniques and processes used in knowledge management to surface the tacit knowledge held by staff in an organisation. Examples…

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This article provides an overview of a range of techniques and processes used in knowledge management to surface the tacit knowledge held by staff in an organisation. Examples from health and social care are provided.

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Journal of Integrated Care, vol. 15 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1476-9018

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Article
Publication date: 1 May 2000

Sunny J. Baker

Strategic planning is as important as ever, and now it must be done faster than ever before. There are software programs that can help.

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Strategic planning is as important as ever, and now it must be done faster than ever before. There are software programs that can help.

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Journal of Business Strategy, vol. 21 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0275-6668

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Assembly Automation, vol. 27 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0144-5154

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Publication date: 8 June 2021

Sandip Kumar Pandit

As we have entered into the twenty-first century, the economy has undergone a great transformation. The economy has literally become weightless. In the weightless economy, the…

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As we have entered into the twenty-first century, the economy has undergone a great transformation. The economy has literally become weightless. In the weightless economy, the emphasis has shifted from machines, materials, and other physical resources to information and knowledge. Information and knowledge are the thermonuclear competitive weapons nowadays. More and more economic activity has become invisible and intangible. The focal point in the new economy has shifted from exploration of physical objects to exploration of knowledge-based resources and their efficient and effective management. In the last decade of the twentieth century, almost unnoticed revolution in the corporate world took place: the transition from industrial capitalism, where business was based on tangible physical assets, to a new economy, where the production of goods and services and value creation in general depends and relies on invisible intangible assets. The primary objective of the present study is to build a theoretical construct in the field of evolution of knowledge asset with a view to exploration of the concept of knowledge asset and the need for its management in modern-day life. It further aims to investigate through an empirical study the qualitative disclosure of knowledge assets in terms of selected attributes for the Indian Pharmaceutical and IT Industries based on their annual reports. Content Analysis technique has been used to analyze the degree of disclosure of knowledge assets in terms of attributes.

Book part
Publication date: 22 November 2019

Åsa Corneliusson

Departing from an online interactive Gender Café on the topic of Knowledge Management (KM), jointly hosted by a UN agency and the Society of Gender Professionals, this chapter…

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Departing from an online interactive Gender Café on the topic of Knowledge Management (KM), jointly hosted by a UN agency and the Society of Gender Professionals, this chapter seeks to provide gender practitioners and others with practical examples of how to “gender” KM in international development. Through analyzing the travel of feminist ideas into the field of KM with inspiration from Barbara Czarniawska’s and Bernard Joerge’s (1996) theory of the travel of ideas, the chapter explores the spaces, limits, and future possibilities for the inclusion of feminist perspectives. The ideas and practical examples of how to do so provided in this chapter originated during the café, by the participants and panellists. The online Gender Café temporarily created a space for feminist perspectives. The data demonstrate how feminist perspectives were translated into issues of inclusion, the body, listening methodologies, practicing reflection, and the importance to one’s work of scrutinizing underlying values. However, for the feminist perspective to be given continuous space and material sustainability developing into an acknowledged part of KM, further actions are needed. The chapter also reflects on future assemblies of gender practitioners, gender scholars and activists, recognizing the struggles often faced by them. The chapter discusses strategies of how a collective organizing of “outside–inside” gender practitioners might push the internal work of implementing feminist perspectives forward.

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Gender and Practice: Knowledge, Policy, Organizations
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-83867-388-8

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