In the knowledge economy era, knowledge production and dissemination are of key interest to individuals, organizations …, and economies. Tacit knowledge results from experience, leading to innovation. The learning culture can facilitate the … transformation of errors into experiences. This study explores whether mistake acceptance facilitates tacit knowledge awareness and …

This paper attempts to answer the question of what and how knowledge sharing mechanisms should be used between … used for inter-plant knowledge sharing, which are grouped into eight categories: transfer of people, forums (internal … is found that some knowledge sharing mechanisms are more suited for one stage of knowledge sharing than the other, as …

This paper surveys the literature and develops a framework for research into the integration of distributed knowledge … work (DKW). Knowledge work is considered to be “distributed” whenever key decisions for execution of the project cut across … recent years is well documented. Nonetheless, research into maintaining the coherence of a distributed knowledge work project …

two activities: knowledge search and knowledge deployment. We predict theoretically that domestic firms have advantages … when they search for knowledge due to their embeddedness in the host country. However, this increased embeddedness reduces … the degree of novelty of their knowledge pool. Foreign MNC subsidiaries therefore have advantages in knowledge deployment …

Prevailing views about what constitutes organisational knowledge need to be systematically evaluated at deep … foundation for thinking about knowledge epistemologies. We think, along with Bill McKelvey, (1997, 2002) that the “science of … knowledge contained within Karl Popper’s later epistemological works beginning with his 1972 “Objective Knowledge – an …

Recent studies of knowledge production have increasingly recognized the role of codified knowledge in the operation of … social organizations. Much of the knowledge resident in organizations exists as tacit knowledge, that is, as knowledge that … goes unrecorded. Typically such knowledge is carried as the personal expertise of employees, passed along to other …

characteristic of knowledge intensive organizations. While knowledge management efforts have become popular in organizations that … depend on the knowledge and skills of their employees, it is unclear what the benefits of such efforts are and how these …

The knowledge from external sources has been recognized as critical for improving the capabilities of small and medium …' choice of a dominant source for acquiring information and the knowledge about standards. The questionnaire survey research … source for gaining knowledge about standards. Domestic SMEs shape their decisions to hire consultants predominantly because …