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 …

of all, the model assumes the influence of both the market knowledge base itself, and the efficiency of internal market … knowledge sharing on the competitiveness of analysed entities. Second of all, it analyses the impact of market knowledge … perception within business entities and the openness of technical staff on internal market knowledge sharing efficiency. Research …

social capital generation in order to explain civil society dynamics, in particular in countries ? such as former communist … features of social networking. According to such a view, the civil society is the resultant of a combination of factors related … in society are generated, and their relation with socio-economic and sustainable development. However, attempted …

education influences, on the one hand, the graduates' prospect for a job and, on the other hand, the society as a whole. …

In the last twenty years, debate concerning knowledge management (KM) initiatives in professional settings has become … contexts, very few studies were conducted to better understand how individuals used the knowledge they retrieved to deal with … present issues. Consequently, research that investigates the ways individuals use the knowledge to accomplish a work task and …

groups of consumers. For both researchers and practitioners, consumer knowledge is a critical factor in creating competitive … success over time. But there is a gap in the knowledge management literature, which has recognized the importance of the … customer as a source of knowledge, but has not recognized the importance of a group of consumers as well. Scholars, in fact …

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 …

general. While studies on market oriented product development have identified several general dimensions of market knowledge … used in product innovation, the nature of market knowledge that is specifically important in the chemical industry remains … unclear. Because firm-relevant knowledge resources are increasingly seen as being industry specific, filling this gap becomes …

Knowledge-based groups or communities are complex systems that emerge, evolve and mature through stages that display … geographic structures and scales of knowledge flows and their influence on urban communities. Purpose – The purpose of the paper … is to examine the theory of knowledge networks through applied research Design/methodology/approach – This is a case …

If knowledge management is to be more than an art, it needs to be based on a sound epistemology and understanding of … organizations. We present a paradigm and an ontology of organizational knowledge based on Karl Popper’s 1972 and later works on … theoretical argument by providing examples of how several different types of knowledge created by people within organizations …