Strategic knowledge management, innovation and performance

Our aim is to shed light on the consequences of knowledge management (KM) strategies on firm's innovation and corporate performance. Organisations are not aware of the real implications that KM may have. Based on an empirical study consisted of 310 Spanish organisations and structural equations modelling, results show that both KM strategies (codification and personalisation) impacts on innovation and organisational performance directly and indirectly (through an increase on innovation capability). Also, findings demonstrate a different effect of KM strategies on diverse dimensions of organisational performance. Our conclusions may help academics and managers in designing KM strategic programs in order to achieve higher innovation, effectiveness, efficiency and profitability.     

Information,knowledge and collaboration management in the internationalisation of SMEs: A systematic literature review

Information and knowledge can be seen as key resources for improving the internationalisation processes of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Collaboration has also been considered as an important facilitator of these processes, particularly by nurturing information and knowledge sharing. However, the current literature is unclear about the way SMEs can access information and assimilate knowledge in a collaborative network context, to support decision-making. This paper systematically reviews the literature, examining the role of information, knowledge and collaboration in internationalisation decisions of SMEs. To this end, 38 relevant journal articles were analysed, with the identification of some important issues, as well as gaps in the existing empirical knowledge. This analysis provided valuable input for the development of research suggestions and directions for future work in this area.     

The effect of technological knowledge assets on performance: The innovative choice in Spanish firms

The aim of this article is to examine the relationship between Technological Knowledge Assets (TKAs) and performance, in the light of making the ‘innovative choice’ that involves short-term costs of acquiring or generating the assets but aims at longer term benefits through innovation. To that end, a study of 1267 industrial firms in Spain was carried out over a period of 5 years, 1998-2002. The results show that TKAs have a positive indirect effect on financial performance mediated through innovation. They also reveal that TKAs have a negative direct effect on performance, except licences. Thus, the combined effect of TKAs on performance urges the need for innovation to obtain a positive payoff.     

Information management as an enabler of knowledge management maturity: A South African perspective

This paper explores the much ignored but critically important subject of the perceived relationship between information and communications technology (ICT), information management (IM) and knowledge management (KM). Defining the border between ICT, IM and KM, and especially the maturity remains a highly debatable topic. These issues could be concisely summarized as being diverse and problematic and located across the spectrum of views. Prior studies suggest that even though KM is strongly entrenched and rests on the foundation of ICT and IM, very little is reported in the literature on ICT and IM as enablers to KM. From a large urban South African University engaged in numerous collaboration programs with industry, the authors gained insight into growth of KM maturity in industry groupings over a 5-year period. The authors applied an inventory developed by Kruger and Snyman [Kruger, C. J., & Snyman, M. M. M. (2007). A guideline for assessing the knowledge management maturity of organizations. South African Journal of Information Management,9(3). Electronic Journal [Online]. Available www.sajim.co.za. Accessed 15 October 2007] to a set of 86 organizations distributed over nine economic sectors in South Africa. In total 434 employees were interviewed over three group levels (operational, middle and senior management). This was achieved by having 178 senior practitioners to each interview three subjects (one in each group level).     

Analyzing ICT adoption and use effects on knowledge creation: An empirical investigation in SMEs

This paper investigates the influence of the adoption and use of information and communication technology (ICT) on organizational learning (OL). The focus is on knowledge, creation, as an articulated construct for the OL concept, and the SECI (Socialization, Externalization, Combination and Internalization) model is used as a reference for knowledge, creation. ICT use is seen here as consisting of three different orientations: informative, communicative and workflow. The results, based on a sample of around 300 Spanish small- and, medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), indicate that ICT has a significant positive influence on the, four processes for creating knowledge. ICT oriented to communication and workflow is found, to produce a significant positive impact on knowledge creation processes, except for, socialization process, while ICT use for information does not influence any of the processes for, creating knowledge and OL.     

隐含信息的重组与知识创新

本文介绍了隐含信息重组与知识知识的内容,认为隐含信息重组是信息研究的方向,知识创新的途径;基于人类认识事物的方法,系统的方法和基于信息库知识变听管理技术,进行隐含信息的重组与知识创新。     

Innovation drivers in retail industry

Although in recent years research in innovation management in retail industries have increased drastically, most of these industries have focused only on addressing consumers’ acceptance of the most effective novel systems. For these reasons, a deeper understanding is needed in three main areas: the innovation management approaches in retail industry, the degree of innovation heterogeneity, and the innovation drivers. Starting from these evidences, this paper identifies to what extent there are similarities and differences in the main innovation drivers in retailing if compared to other sectors (i.e. education, game, etc.).     

从信息管理到知识管理

本文通过对知识管理是信息管理的延伸和发展以及对图书馆管理的启示的阐述，指出用户对基于创新的知识需求决定了新世纪图书馆管理必然从信息管理发展到知识管理，进一步论述了图书馆应积极实施知识管理，发挥知识经济时代图书馆知识传播，知识服务和知识创新的作用。     

Innovating strategically in information and knowledge management: Applications of organizational behavior theory

A business school declares its strategy as becoming a leading European institution. As main vehicle for achieving recognition is the implementation of a top-down strategy naming five academic fields as key – (a) finance, (b) economics, (c) marketing, (d) law, accounting, and auditing, and (e) organizational behavior (OB). Top management allocates resources for research, academic activities, and positions to these five strategically chosen areas. Academic areas that are not strategically named must generate their own income through educational programs and research grants. Can OB serve as the platform to ensure the survival of IS/KMS? In our analysis, we found no other business school formulating a strategy along these lines; dominating strategic themes are internationalization, research excellence, and student environment. No academic field is singled out as strategic. We argue that selecting a few academic areas as a strategy is dysfunctional. We also found that OB is not very actively employed in research, be it positioning, theory, research model, analysis, or discussion. Hence, we do not find that OB offers any theorizing help to IS/KMS – this in contrast to innovation and change theories, for which we propose an framework as a means of defining IS/KMS research projects.     

浅论企业知识管理的实现

企业知识管理是以知识为基础和核心的管理 ,是对企业生产和经营依赖的知识收集、组织、创新、扩散、使用和开发等一系列过程的管理 ,以满足企业现有和未来发展的需要。从信息资源管理到知识管理的转化 ,是管理理论与实践中“以人为本”的管理主线的进一步体现 ,是知识经济时代的发展趋势     

图书情报事业在可持续发展战略中的地位与作用

本文从可持续性发展战略系统的因素构成、系统构成、图书情报子系统的功能及自身建设等方面论述了图书情报事业在可持续发展战略中的地位与作用，使人们认识到图书情报事业是可持续发展战略系统中的重要组成因素之一，以及作为可持续发展战略系统中的一个子系统的系统功能与作用。     

短生产周期的中小企业生产物流管理模式

针对短生产周期的中小企业,分析这类企业的生产物流管理模式,以构建适用于它们的生产物流信息系统,提高这些企业的生产物流管理水平。首先分析了MRPⅡ本身及经改进后的生产物流管理模式存在的问题,然后对研究前提即如何界定短生产周期的中小企业进行了分析,并指出这些生产物流管理模式都是一种全面精细的管理模式,它们在短生产周期的中小企业中缺乏适用性,最后提出了适用于这类企业生产物流管理的灰箱控制模型。     

襄樊市中小企业精益生产的应用研究

就襄樊市中小企业的发展现状和现存问题进行分析,结合襄樊凯瑞科技有限公司某生产线进行实例分析讨论,综合襄樊市中小企业自身特点提出襄樊市中小企业推行精益生产的策略.     

基于知识视角的产业集群协同创新绩效分析

产业集群可以通过知识重组进行协同创新,在此过程中,存在着很多影响集群协同创新绩效的因素,如企业的知识基础存量、企业之间知识转移能力、知识的复杂性、企业的创新动力、企业的创新能力、企业之间的协同程度等,据此分析建立了产业集群协同创新绩效模型。     

基于Intranet的制造企业知识管理

本文讨论了知识管理的定义与内容，分析了企业知识管理的必要性及实现知识管理的技术基础，构建了基于Internet的制造企业知识网框架，为企业建立强大的知识管理工具提供了切实可行的方法。     

知识管理技术研究

本文分析了知识管理技术在知识管理中的作用，归纳了知识管理技术的种类，提出了知识管理技术应用应考虑的基本问题。     

对企业组织中信息系统的思考

本文论述了公司组织中信息领域涉及问题的特点，在此基础上，讨论了对公司组织中信息系统的认识、信息系统在企业组织中的作用，以及信息系统与知识管理的相互关系。文中提出了：公司组织的信息系统依附于、融于组织系统，认识公司的信息系统就需要认识公司的组织系统；企业中信息的利用过程就是信息向知识、技能转化的过程；在知识管理的思想中，现代信息系统是其实施的重要手段。     

The relationship between technology, innovation, and firm performance—Empirical evidence from e-business in Europe

This article analyzes the relationship between the usage of Internet-based technologies, different types of innovation, and performance at the firm level. Data for the empirical investigation originates from a sample of 7302 European enterprises. The empirical results show that Internet-based technologies were an important enabler of innovation in the year 2003. It was found that all studied types of innovation, including Internet-enabled and non-Internet-enabled product or process innovations, are positively associated with turnover and employment growth. Firms that rely on Internet-enabled innovations are at least as likely to grow as firms that rely on non-Internet-enabled innovations. Finally, it was found that innovative activity is not necessarily associated with higher profitability. Possible reasons for this and implications are discussed.     

科学研究、新信息环境与数字图书馆

本文指出了现代科学研究面临的挑战,并从知识问题解决的基本思路、新信息环境及其效用、世界学术信息交流体系的重组和数字图书馆四个方面论述了新信息环境对知识创新的效用。