For a long time, formalized knowledge management was in fact only reserved for large companies. Meanwhile, increase in market competition and the dynamic changes in companies' external environment in recent years have made also small and medium enterprises attach great importance to the issues...

The paper presents relationships between market orientation (MO), knowledge management (KM) and growth and development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Two basic questions are stated for this study: (1) what are the relationships between those two concepts, KM and MO, and growth of...

On a global basis, product managers are recognizing the importance of knowledge as a means of gaining or sustaining product success on market. Knowledge management becomes an essential process in product management. A product management that joins all needed market, economic and technical skills...

Knowledge economy imposes new demands and imperatives. To achieve a sustainable competitive advantage today means to achieve primacy in knowledge. Therefore it is not surprising that the move towards knowledge-based competitive advantage has become an imperative, not only for individuals, but...

Today the implementation of lean management principles is spreading from the pure manufacturing facilities into additional supporting areas, without which also manufacturing system cannot function well. One such area is the knowledge management, important for acquiring and disseminating...

Contemporary societies are well aware that effective use of knowledge means to ensure longterm competitive advantages and a stable market position. It turns out that knowledge management involves a number of areas that cannot be ignored. One of them may be the usage of knowledge in the...

In times of a globally connected world and constantly changing market conditions, companies must find better ways how to fruitfully involve users into their innovative efforts. Especially users’ need knowledge has been identified as fundamentally important for successful innovation and future...

Today knowledge is considered the most strategically important resource for business organizations. a clear link between business strategy and KM strategies is critical (Storey & Barnet, 2000; Zack, 1999, 2002), but researches show this link is often weak (Leinder, 1998; Ruggles, 1998; Storey & Barnet, 2000;...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between human resource management (HRM) practices and knowledge sharing from the Malaysian industry context. Design/methodology/approach – The method of exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were...

Companies desiring to keep and improve their competitive advantage must be flexible enough to undergo change when needed. Meaningful change requires the ability to learn from their own as well as from others' experience. But learning is not easy, and there are many factors that may prevent it to...