Integrating knowledge from different subjects and sources to obtain an effective knowledge base is the key to improve decision quality and enhance organizational core competency. We put forward a knowledge integration strategy under the framework of culture algorithm. It encodes the knowledge uniformly and through the evolvement of the two phases of population space and belief space the communi...

Effective knowledge sharing is vital to the success of international joint ventures. To ensure that organizational knowledge in a joint venture can be smoothly communicated and exchanged between its employees in a multiculture environment, the impact of culture on knowledge sharing needs to be well understood. This paper investigates the impact of culture on knowledge sharing in Chinese joint v...

knowledge management is influenced by many variables such as organizational structure, leadership style, organizational culture, information technology etc. we can spot organizational structure and climate as a framework and infrastructure can be considered in implementing successful knowledge management. previous studies examined these variables in the implementation of knowledge management. i...

Organizations are increasingly adopting Knowledge Management Systems (KMS) to realize firm and operational level benefits. Many KMS fail to yield desired outcomes due to the lack of understanding of the antecedents of successful KMS. Prior studies have established organizational culture as a key antecedent of successful KM. This study investigates the relationship between KMS effectiveness, in ...

Information sharing has recently received considerable academic interest because of the importance knowledge management plays in the creation of sustained competitive advantage for global firms. The interest is attributed to the need for achieving higher levels of worker empowerment and effectiveness. However, the existing research in the area lacks an examination of how national differences im...

When integrated with key organizational characteristics, institutional theory can yield new insights to understand differences between firms’ strategies. We propose that a company’s functional organization and internal power structure influence its facility managers’ sensitivity to and interpretation of institutional pressures. Combining over 500 responses from an original survey with existing ...

Preserving and fostering knowledge is the vital interest of a network-like virtual organization. The decentralized and geographically distributed organizational structure inhibits knowledge flow. The particular conditions of knowledge management in virtual organizations are discussed by the example of an empirical study we carried out in a service company. We analyze how technical and organizat...