Demonstrating the value of knowledge management (KM) to the organization represents an elusive challenge. In part, this challenge is due to the nature of knowledge management itself and the difficulty in creating direct linkages between knowledge sharing and sales growth or productivity. But it is also undoubtedly due to misaligned KM activities. This paper first reviews the current state of me...

Knowledge Management (KM) is gaining attention and acceptance by organizations in search for competitive advantage. KM facilitates opportunistic application of fragmented knowledge through system integration. Being a new discipline, KM has been associated with innovation, competitiveness, and business performance. General interest pertaining to KM and its link to innovation exists, however, the...

In the knowledge economy era, increasing attention has been on the myths and secrets of knowledge management (KM). Being the core of the intangible assets of organizations, proper and effective KM is an inimitable and sustainable competitive advantage in today’s competitive world. Taking this into consideration, this paper probes the dynamic relationship and impact mechanism between corporate c...

Corporate Knowledge Management has to be accessed by its contribution to business objectives. Thus KM activities have to focus on "knowledge in action", which leads to decisions and activities. Knowledge in action becomes reality in the interaction of explicit and tacit elements. All KM initiatives have to refer to this interaction as basical logic of knowledge processes. But business objective...

Knowledge management (KM) is a core competency that determines the success of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in this knowledge-based economy. Instead of competing on the basis of physical and financial capital, the success of SMEs is influenced by the knowledge, experience and skills of the owners and its employees. Unfortunately, many SMEs are still struggling with KM implementation...

This paper aims to use a priority framework based on Decision making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) to help organizations build awareness of the critical influential factors affecting successful implementation of KM. To identify critical influential factors, the authors studied and reviewed relevant literature from numerous fields of study associated with the essential issues of ...