Knowledge, skills and organizational capabilities for structural transformation

Knowledge, Communication, and Organizational Capabilities

This paper attempts to bridge a gap between organizational economics and strategy research through an analysis of knowledge and communication in organizations. We argue that organizations emerge to achieve the intensive use of the knowledge that is acquired to perform specific tasks and to integrate dispersed knowledge that is embodied in different human minds. The attributes of the tasks under...

Knowledge Organizations and Dynamic Organizational Capabilities

In this chapter, the authors first define a knowledge organization in the context of the knowledge-based view of the firm described in chapter 1. As business intelligence has emerged as a key pillar of highly competitive knowledge organizations, its use as a foundation for knowledge creation and application in service business is then discussed. This is followed by a discussion of the evolution...

Knowledge Management: An Organizational Capabilities Perspective

Linking Business Strategy and Knowledge Management Capabilities for Organizational Effectiveness

The effective management of knowledge resources is a key imperative for firms that want to leverage their knowledge assets for competitive advantage and improved performance. However, most firms do not attain the required performance levels even when programs are in place for managing knowledge resources. Research suggests this shortcoming can be addressed by linking knowledge management to bus...

Can organizational knowledge capabilities affect knowledge sharing behavior?

Recent concerns about the issue of knowledge management (KM) within an organization have accentuated the need for more efficient and effective knowledge sharing – that is, knowledge sharing plays an increasingly significant role in determining the outcomes of KM. Most scholars explore this issue from the economic perspective, while only a few research studies have focussed on organizational cap...