The use of bilingual graphic organizers [bilingual knowledge maps (BiK-maps)] as a study strategy was investigated for the acquisition of foreign language vocabulary. Participants were assigned to one of two conditions for the task of studying 32 German-English word-pairs. Participants either used BiK-mapping as a study strategy or took notes in their own preferred style. BiK-map strategists re...

The creation and the use of knowledge have increasingly been regarded as important issues for management. A wide range of studies have investigated this topic during the past decade. Notwithstanding these contributions, very little systematic attention has been paid to the linkages between knowledge capabilities and strategy implementation. Drawing from knowledge capabilities theory and strateg...

The ‘New Economy’ focuses on issues of knowledge capital over more traditional assets and the capability of organizations to harness these knowledge assets. A distinguishing feature of the New Economy is the ability of a firm to take advantage of its knowledge assets (Gold, Malhotra & Segars, 2001). In this environment “the sustainable competitive advantage of business firms flows from the crea...

One of the most critical issues for building innovation capacity in organisations is the acquisition and maintenance of knowledge. As knowledge is the basis of human capital, then the ability to attract, retain and engage talent is argued to be an important element of innovation. By attracting and retaining good staff, the organisation is retaining organisational knowledge which is necessary pa...

This paper reports results from an ongoing project examining what managers think about knowledge management in the context of their organisation. This was done in a facilitated computer-assisted group workshop environment. Here we compare the outcomes of workshops held for two relatively large UK organisations, one public sector, and one private. Our conclusions are that there are relatively fe...

Built on the knowledge management and corporate growth literatures, this paper examined the antecedents of knowledge management strategy and its consequences. Grounded in the resourcebased view and corporate growth theory, this study found that a firm’s knowledge management strategy and strategic performance relate to long term corporate growth. Learning orientation has also been found relates ...

Strategy development is a rational decision making process, carried out by a group of managers aiming to match the organization’s resources to the opportunities arising from its competitive environment. We argue that, in order to develop successful strategic plans, contemporary business organizations should exploit features from diverse disciplines to attain a synthesis of the strategists’ high...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to seek to address the way in which knowledge is being transmitted among the members of a large corporation and suggests a realistic strategy that promises to be most appropriate for effective knowledge transfer in the new knowledge economy. Design/methodology/approach – The research involves an in-depth case study of knowledge transfer strategies used ...