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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Knowledge-based view"”.
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Firm strategy and knowledge management in strategic supply chain relationships : a knowledge-based view
Using the knowledge-based view, this study seeks to understand the relationship between firm strategic orientation and interorganizational knowledge management in strategic supply chain alliances of high technology firms. Unique to prior literature, this study relates three dimensions of strategic …
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A Knowledge-Based View of the Venture Creation Process: How Technology Entrepreneurs Mix Knowledge to Create Radical Innovation
Survey-based research was used to investigate the knowledge mix of technology entrepreneurs (n=145) within the venture creation process and the innovativeness of their product or service. Technology entrepreneurs recalled their prior knowledge at the time their opportunity was first recognized and …
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Two Essays on the Knowledge-Based View of the Firm: The Impact of Local Market Knowledge on Domestic Firm Performance in Both Transitional and Developed Economies
… paper, I examine TEFs by using research on the knowledge-based view of the firm (KBV) to create and test a new theory based on the advantages that domestic TEFs enjoy, due to the superior local market knowledge that comes from being local or indigenous. This new theory, called the Advantages of …
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Dynamics and architectures of innovation systems
… in innovations and to develop a more holistic view of innovation systems. Three key elements, knowledge diversity, spatial proximity, and strategic relatedness, are found to be fundamental to innovations after analyzing and comparing different studies. However, these three factors derived from …
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Public firm sponsorship of open source software: A knowledge-based approach to open innovation
… of open source software sponsorship may be viewed as knowledge strategies of the firm. Hence, this dissertation examines the performance determinants of open innovation through the lens of knowledge-based perspectives. Using event study and regression methodologies, this dissertation found …
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The relationship between knowledge management, information and communication technologies and performance from the resource-based view in small and medium manufacturing firms
Although much has been written about knowledge management and information systems, there is little empirical evidence of their actual effect on organisational performance and their interrelationship. Aiming at addressing this gap, this thesis investigates the relationships between knowledge …
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Assessing the Impact of Financial Literacy and Digital Capability on the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Ghana
… in enhancing SMEs survival rate. Drawing on the Knowledge-Based View (KBV) and the Institutional Theory, this study aims to investigate how the FL and DC of SME managers influence business performance in the Ghanaian context. The study adopts a pragmatic philosophical stand with a sequential …
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Essays On The Role Of Competitor-Specific Human Capital On Initial Public Offerings (ipos) Performance
… on human capital, competitive dynamics, and knowledge-based view of the firm, this dissertation identifies important antecedents that result in higher degree of impact of such human capital on the IPO firm, and IPO firm's capabilities absorb such knowledge that results in higher valuations at …
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The Impact of Social Media Usage for Work Purposes on Innovation in SMEs: The Role of Human Capital and Knowledge Sharing
… actively to social interaction and a wealth of knowledge for both individuals and groups. Many organisations have begun to take into consideration the benefits of such platforms. However, there remains very limited understanding as to social media usage for work purposes in the organisational …
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Essays on Organizational Network Communities and Firm Innovation Performance
… of the thesis is an introduction and an overview of the organizational networks and innovation literature. The chapter introduces the core issues and theoretical debates at the intersection of organizational networks and innovation. It argues that in today’s ever changing and knowledge …
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Strategic alliances: value creation and appropriation mechanisms, configuration, and portfolio evolution
… by relying on the theoretical lens of the knowledge-based view of the alliances (Grant & Baden-Fuller, 2004; Vasudeva & Anand, 2011). Specifically, by adopting this theoretical lens we challenge the issue to identify the major factors that lead alliance partners to achieve high innovation …
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Subsidiary Innovation and Diffusion: An Integrated Approach on Learning of Subsidiaries from Diverse Local Environments
… from their local environment and the sequential knowledge outflow from the subsidiaries. Scholars have recognized the ability to learn from diverse local environments as a critical source of competitive advantage for multinational corporations (MNCs). However, the factors influencing the extent …
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The influence of organisational support, transactive memory system and information technology competencies for facilitating knowledge transfer in enterprise resource planning success
… of the ERP system in an organisation depend on knowledge transfer activities made and the effectiveness of the transferred knowledge between the parties involved. It is crucial to determine a set of knowledge transfer activities that need to do besides the efforts taken by the organisation in …
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Intellect-Based, Intagibles Sorces of German Small and Medium Sized enterprises-success- ¿The impact of inteññectual Capital on Lasting Competitive Business Performance
… success is increasingly important in today's knowledge-based economy. Previous research which look into large (listed) companies as well as small and medium sized enterprises (SME) generally confirm this. However, relatively little is known about the actual impact of IC on the performance of …
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Knowledge management orientation, organisational capabilities and performance: an empirical test of performance relationships using structural equation modeling
It is widely recognised that knowledge is a strategic resource, and that knowledge management capability is central to create and maintain competitive advantage in the dynamic business arena. Companies must leverage their existing knowledge and create new knowledge in order to succeed the …
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Knowledge processes and capabilities in project-based organizations
… lies in their ability to integrate different knowledge bases and expertise in novel ways. Projects, though, are temporary in nature and this has consequences for the organization that uses them as a business strategy to improve its efficiency. Project-based organizations are representative of …
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The impact of the internal organisational environment on NSD knowledge management and NSD performance.
Building on a diverse stream of literature, knowledge strategy and NSD in particular, the theory investigated in this research is that service firms can use knowledge strategy to improve the innovation performance of their business. Although scholars are now beginning to organise their research …
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Multiple perspectives of a knowledge-based Innovation Ecosystem : the case of Khalifa Fund for enterprise development in the UAE
… Arab Emirates (UAE). It offers systemic point of view for how innovation can be transformed from an event to be a sustainable system in the country’s economy to achieve the 2030 economic vision. Such fundamental transformation will rely on the knowledge-based view (adopted in this study) that the …
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Environmental compliance: determinants, interactions and performance
… theoretical explanations such as the resource-based view of the firm (Penrose, 1959; Peteraf, 1993), the natural resource-based view of the firm (Hart, 1995), institutional theory (Dimaggio and Powell, 1983), and the knowledge-based view (Grant, 1996) of the firm. From reviewing the literature, …