Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce this special issue on knowledge management in the firm. Design/methodology/approach – The papers presented are all contributions dealing with knowledge in the firm. Findings – This special issue is part of the scientific response to the...

In order to be the health care system sustainable , management transformations must be based on very precise diagnostic analysis that includes complete and current information. It is necessary to implement an information system that collects information in real time, that watches the parameters...

The world we are living in today has increasingly become aware of the importance of the human factor in all types of organizations. The present paper is intended to assess the performance of the human resource department at PricewaterhouseCoopers and to provide adequate recommendations for...

The paper aims to emphasize the role of project management, as a strategic option, encompassing integrated environmental issues, in removing the industry as well as the organizational barriers (constraints) in developing effective proactive environmental strategies. Assuming that nowadays...

Competitive intelligence as part of knowledge management is still in its infancy. This paper aims to identify the critical success factors and best practices of competitive intelligence through analyzing the experiences of several organizations. The paper starts by defining what is knowledge can...

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...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute a constructionist perspective to debates in the strategy literature about the ways in which managers conduct strategy work. The authors build on observations that fantasy plays a central role in strategy work and aim to focus on the ways in...

The strategic states model developed by Pehrsson (1995b, 1996) helps us to describe the strategic development of every company and its current strategic state, together with the future alternatives. Within this model, the company’s environment is reflected by the number of segments taken into...

Purpose – This editorial seeks to reflect on seven contributions to this AAAJ special issue and on the interdisciplinary accounting, auditing and accountability movement and its future directions. The seven papers were invited plenary contributions to the APIRA 2007 conference, which in part...