Neural projection models are applied in this study to the analysis of Human Resources (HR) from a Knowledge Management (KM) standpoint. More precisely, data projections are combined with the glyph metaphor to analyse KM data and to gain deeper insight into patterns of knowledge retention. Following a preliminary study, the retention of specialized employees in hi-tech companies is investigated,...

IntroductIon Knowledge management has been proposed as a fundamental strategic process and the only sustainable competitive advantage for firms (Grant, 1996; Davenport, 1998). A key to understanding the success and failure of knowledge management efforts within organizations is the ability to identify the relevant knowledge to manage and to extract value out of this knowledge. In the last decad...

Knowledge Management is an emerging term currently used in organisations which recognise the need to make more effective use of their human and IT resources. The relationship, between the strategic direction of a business and its strategic approach to knowledge management, assumes that there exists collective organisational knowledge that can be managed to encourage the realisation of business ...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore a successful case of Samsung electronics company as it applied the generic value chain model. Specifically this study seeks to answer two questions: How has the generic value chain model been applied in Samsung electronics company? and What lessons can be learned from this successful case? Methodology This paper employs a single case design to gai...

efficient system design and training human resources with the necessary skills is essential for every organization. managers' skills in using information technology results in greater efficiency at work and make decisions based on the information. this study investigates the design quality criteria and standards for rfid technology strategic management of university libraries is discussed....

Relation of knowledge resources to competitive strategy is an emergent discipline in business environment that led to shape and development new concepts in this area such as knowledge strategy. In This paper, previous studies on knowledge strategy and its dimensions are reviewed. and then a framework for linking knowledge resources to competitive strategy, is proposed.

To increase the chances that knowledge management will provide strategic advantage, it should be tied to competitive strategy. Most KM projects, if considering strategic impact at all, start from the outcome and work backward to strategic impact. This paper suggests that one should start with strategy, identify strategic points of knowledge leverage, and use that to drive KM initiatives. It pro...

The total set of industries from Value Line is used to demonstrate that business risk and return are negatively correlated across companies within industries. Some empirical questions about industries themselves are also raised. The concepts of income smoothing and corporate strategy are utilized to explain this apparent paradox. Further work is both suggested and

We study the problem of a society choosing a subset of new members from a finite set of candidates (as in Barberà, Sonnenschein, and Zhou, 1991). However, we explicitly consider the possibility that initial members of the society (founders) may want to leave it if they do not like the resulting new society. We show that, if founders have separable (or additive) preferences, the unique strategy-...

Environmental technologies are becoming increasingly important for business firms to reduce environmental impacts and differentiate from competitors. In this paper, fundamental approaches of strategic management are presented and the strategic significance of sustainability initiatives and Green Information Technology (Green IT) is analyzed. Environmental strategies are introduced and the impor...