The most important contribution management needs to make in the 21st century is to increase the productivity of knowledge work and knowledge workers. This is the point of departure for this article where we first give a theoretical discussion about how firms can utilize knowledge to improve...

Internationalization and competition now cuts across national borders, a firm?s position in one country is no longer independent from its position in other countries. This has at least two implications, it is an advantage for the firm to be present in several major growth markets. It is also...

Internationalization and competition now cuts across national borders, a firm?s position in one country is no longer independent from its position in other countries. This has at least two implications, it is an advantage for the firm to be present in several major growth markets. It is also...

1.introduction -- Labor costs and the competitive situation -- Vertical integration and the management of inputs to production -- Knowledge and competitiveness -- Innovation behavior and innovation management -- Markets, trade and globalization -- Conclusions

Knowledge transfer considers the company as a dynamic system dealing with different kinds of knowledge. As production becomes more knowledge-based, this increases the potential for capturing and taking advantage of knowledge. On the other side, these factors become more complex and difficulties...

In the 1990s, von Krogh, Roos, and Slocum (1994) and Venzin, von Krogh, and Roos (1998) began discussions centered around epistemology and knowledge management, focusing mainly on the varied sources and backgrounds for knowledge management. Since 2000, we have seen a much wider debate on several...