This paper attempts to review the state of social science research on population and development relationships in. the Philippines with the aim of: (I) taking stock of what we know about such relationships as a guide to development planning, and (2) providing a basis for formulating recomII)endations to guide future research on the topic. The many population-related studies by independent inves...

The new millennium has ushered in a new era of economy and development which is being referred as “Knowledge Economy”, in which knowledge is described as the critical competitive asset of any organization. In this era, it is the possession and application of scarce valuable knowledge that support long term superior organizational performance. Peter Drucker has recognized knowledge as a major re...

Knowledge Management (KM) and Knowledge Management Systems (KMS) have been positioned as strategies and tools that enable organizations to create and transfer knowledge in order to sustain competitive advantage. While Knowledge Management as a strategy was able to gain legitimacy, KMS struggled to prove a causal relationship to knowledge creation and knowledge transfer. KMS contribution to the ...

Introduction The role of knowledge in firm strategy and performance is well documented in the literature. There are numerous theoretical and empirical studies examining the relationship between knowledge and firm performance. The essence of these studies is that the higher the level of knowledge acquired or accumulated, the greater the level of firm innovation and performance. For example, Lieb...

The amount of data has exploded over the last ten years. Data is captured and shared from personal devices, transactional operations, sensors, social media and other sources. Firms should, thus, be able to explore the new opportunities and rapidly seize them by developing the corresponding capabilities. In our work, we focus on two emerging dynamic capabilities: Absorptive capacity and organiza...

Social media such as We Chat provide new ways of communicating healthcare information and knowledge. Many healthcare institutions leverage We Chat public platform to disseminate healthcare knowledge in the hope of attracting public attention. It is critical for them to build a comprehensive understanding of the factors affecting WeChat users’ willingness to diffuse healthcare knowledge, an issu...

the advent of an economy based upon socioeconomic capabilities and obligation, along with move in the direction of such knowledge oriented concepts as social investments makes one consider other such theries as social capital in an analysis of basic skill formations, and as well in the development and application of these skills in higher education and curricula. the main purpose of this study ...

The identification of aggregate human-capital externalities is still not fully understood. The existing (Mincerian) approach confounds positive externalities with wage changes due to a downward sloping demand curve for human capital. As a result, the Mincerian approach yields positive externalities even when wages equal marginal social products. We propose an approach that identifies human-capi...

This study seeks to understand the underlying mechanisms through which knowledge management (KM) influences organizational performance based on the concept of KM capability. It is proposed that organizational and human resources moderate the effects of physical resources on KM capability. The effect of KM capability under environmental dynamism is also examined. Recognizing that public organiza...