This paper explores the links between Knowledge Management and new community-based models of the organization from both a theoretical and an empirical perspective. From a theoretical standpoint, we look at Communities of Practice (CoPs) and Knowledge Management (KM) and explore the links between...

La méthode présentée dans cet article a pour but d'aider les managers d'une entreprise à écrire et à lire les textes stratégiques et à parler entre eux de stratégie. Nous l'appelons une "grammaire stratégique". Elle vise à définir des propositions stratégiques types qui...

A great deal of studies has focused on the role played by geographical location on the emergence and the building of localised learning capacities (Maskell, Malmberg, 1999). In this perspective, empirical studies have demonstrated that innovation dynamics of clusters results from the quality of...

Geographical clusters are nowadays considered as a relevant factor for competitiveness, thanks to their innovative capabilities. In this context, public policies based on this approach are flourishing all over the world. The French “Pole of competitiveness” (PoC) policy (Politique des pôles...

This research notes aims at assessing the research policy in the knowledge management field conducted by the EU during the last decades. this article highlights the results from this research but also points out the lacks of this research program.

Appréhender la connaissance dans une perspective économique signifie également qu'elle est soumise aux « mécanismes » concurrentiels du marché. Produire et vendre du savoir constitue une opportunité de marché qu'exploiteront des acteurs économiques. Nous analyserons en quoi la nature...

Enabling knowledge sharing among individuals in organizations is fundamental to innovation and organizational success. Nevertheless, despite receiving great attention among both academics and practitioners, knowledge sharing research is still searching for integrated framework. Recent literature...

This inductive case study of 7 US university technology transfer offices (TTOs) examines the value added that TTOs contribute to university-industry technology transfer (UITT ). We therefore (i) characterize a set of central organizational TTO practices, (ii) describe how TTOs systemically...

In the context of Romania’s adhesion to the European Union, we should accurately evaluate the consequences of this process on the economic and social activity in a regional plan, due to the existence of some disparities between the development levels of different territorial administration...

Apart from the fact that a traditional approach that emphasizes capturing knowledge in databases, manuals, books, and reports and then sharing it in hard form has become dated, there is no clear-cut understanding or widely shared definitions of knowledge,even though there has been a deluge of...