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Knowledge capability, strategic change, and firm performance

Goll, Irene; Brown Johnson, Nancy; Rasheed, Abdul A. - In: Management Decision 45 (2007) 2, pp. 161-179

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the relationships between knowledge capability, strategic change, and firm performance in the US airline industry from regulation to deregulation. Design/methodology/approach – This is a longitudinal study with a cross‐sectional time series research...

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Knowledge management in knowledge‐intensive service networks

Evanschitzky, Heiner; Ahlert, Dieter; Blaich, Günther; … - In: Management Decision 45 (2007) 2, pp. 265-283

combination/transfer and supporting the evolution of tacit network knowledge include personal and technological aspects, as well … network management become crucial for business success. It is the task of network management to establish routines, and to … build and regularly refresh meta‐knowledge about the competencies and abilities that exist within the network. It is …

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Expatriates and corporate‐level international strategy: governing with the knowledge contract

Connelly, Brian; Hitt, Michael A.; DeNisi, Angelo S.; … - In: Management Decision 45 (2007) 3, pp. 564-581

Purpose – This paper proposes a methodology for governing expatriate assignments in the context of corporate‐level objectives. Design/methodology/approach – The approach taken is to envisage expatriate managerial assignments within the theoretical framework of agency theory and the...

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Knowledge as a lens on the jigsaw puzzle of strategy

McGee, John; Thomas, Howard - In: Management Decision 45 (2007) 3, pp. 539-563

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how to incorporate knowledge concepts into analytical models of strategy formulation and the strategic theory of the firm. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines four different perspectives of the elusive concept of...

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Let's get natural

Lampel, Joseph; Bhalla, Ajay - In: Management Decision 45 (2007) 7, pp. 1069-1082

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to argue that the influence of Japanese management practices has led organizations towards a “naturalized” view aiming to resolve the ontological dilemmas that exist between communalism and individualism. Design/methodology/approach – Having...

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Quantum leap breakthrough performance in acquisitions

Chatzkel, Jay; Saint‐Onge, Hubert - In: Management Decision 45 (2007) 9, pp. 1457-1469

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe how the goal of quantum leap breakthrough performance in acquisitions is to enable readers to achieve an unprecedented leap in performance as a result of major acquisitions. Design/methodology/approach – This requires first, establishing...

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An intellectual capital evaluation approach in a government organization

Dalkir, Kimiz; Wiseman, Erica; Shulha, Michael; … - In: Management Decision 45 (2007) 9, pp. 1497-1509

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide an assessment framework for evaluating the success of knowledge management (KM) initiatives in a government setting. Design/methodology/approach – The approach used was to first conduct a brief review of the leading thinking on KM and...

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Disabling the context for knowledge work: the role of managers' behaviours

Erik Sveiby, Karl - In: Management Decision 45 (2007) 10, pp. 1636-1655

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse issues that prevent knowledge sharing in organisations. Design/methodology/approach – The paper contains content analysis of 691 free text comments about the climate for knowledge sharing provided by 848 employees, primarily knowledge...

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Developing an architecture model for enterprise knowledge

Jafari, Mostafa; Akhavan, Peyman; Nouranipour, Elham - In: Management Decision 47 (2009) 5, pp. 730-759

Purpose – The main objective of this paper is to explore the role of knowledge architecture in an enterprise and to provide a model to architect enterprise knowledge based on the Zachman framework. Design/methodology/approach – This is a conceptual article providing a knowledge architecture...

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A cluster analysis of the KM field

Hosein Rezazadeh Mehrizi, Mohammad; Bontis, Nick - In: Management Decision 47 (2009) 5, pp. 792-805

Purpose – The main purpose of this study is to review the knowledge management literature from a content‐related perspective using cluster analysis. Design/methodology/approach – A critical analysis of previous review articles in KM provided a conceptual framework with nine dimensions. A...

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