The evolution of the geographic distribution of producers in the television receiver and automobile industries is analyzed. Both industries experienced sharp shakeouts and evolved to be oligopolies, suggestive of increasing returns. The television receiver industry was initially concentrated regionally but evolved to be more dispersed over time. In contrast, the automobile industry was disperse...

acquiring, and communicating knowledge and improving the re-utilization of knowledge. However, it is only in the last 15–20 years or so that a distinct field called “knowledge management” (KM) has emerged. KM is based on the premise that, just as human beings are unable to draw on the full potential of their brains, organizations are generally not able to fully utilize the knowledge that they p...

The organizational structure is usually defined using the best experience and there is a minimum of formal approach involved. This paper shows the possibilities of the theory of concept analysis that can help to understand organizational structure based on solid mathematical foundations. This theory is extended by the concept of knowledge sharing and diversity that enables to evaluate the organ...

Purpose of the article Knowledge has been considered as the strategic assets and become the source of competitive advantage in organizations. Knowledge management thus receives the extraordinary attention from the top management. Many organizational factors have influences on knowledge management practices. This paper attempts to explore the empirical relationship between knowledge management a...

the main purpose of this descriptive- correlative research was to study of the effect of organizational culture components on knowledge management in agricultural consulting, technical and engineering services ventures (actesv). the statistical population of the research consisted of all experts in the actesv in zanjan province (n= 301). according to the bartlett, et al. (2001), a sample size o...

today service organizations operate in highly dynamic and competitive environment where improving performance depends on effective utilization of intangible assets. accordingly, this study investigated the intervening role of social capital in the effect of social media assimilation on the quality of organizational knowledge and innovational performance. this study has been done in a sample of ...

From the resource-based view of the firm to the knowledge-based view of the firm it is clear that a particular intangible resource has become the cornerstone of sustainable competitive advantage (Barney, 1986; Conner, 1991; Foss, 1996; Lippman and Rumelt, 1982; Penrose, 1959). This resource is organizational knowledge. According to Peteraf’s framework (1993) “four conditions must be met for a f...

While previous studies have examined how the development of organizational knowledge (organizational learning) affects quality performance, we investigate how the depreciation of organizational knowledge (organizational forgetting) affects vendor quality performance. We use data on 2,732 quality improvement initiatives undertaken by a car manufacturer at 295 vendors. We find that organizational...

We present a dynamic model of knowledge management in which knowledge sharing influences organizational culture. Employees’ fit with the organizational culture improves with the sharing and learning of common organizational practices. We analyze the impact of providing incentives for knowledge sharing as well as the investment of information technology in shaping knowledge sharing. Using analyt...