Il contesto in cui l’industria agroalimentare italiana si trova a operare sta rapidamente cambiando e divenendo sempre più complesso, condizionato da vari fattori. Questi cambiamenti pongono alle imprese domande cruciali. In particolare, in un ambiente sempre più turbolento e difficile...

This paper examines the concept of emergent KM approach in small companies. The origins of consideration are grounded in the theory of strategic management literature and in particular in the distinction between deliberate versus emergent approach towards strategic planning. Using the...

The growing interest in Intellectual Capital management and Knowledge Management is now reaching small companies, especially those in the Knowledge-Intensive Business Services (KIBS) sector. This paper aims to explore this issue, starting from the assumption that a planned and systematic...

In traditional sectors, due to the strong incidence of labour costs, the progressive delocalization of manufacturing activities in low‐wage countries has been typically considered unavoidable. However, this process appears to be very different at national, industrial, and also corporate level....

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the knowledge management (KM) approach followed by small companies. In particular, after introducing the notion of emergent approach, the paper aims to examine if that notion is useful to properly describe the way small businesses approach...