he article investigates the factors in policies and executive programs affecting on performance of ‎iranian knowledge based firms (kbfs). in recent years, creation and improving performance of ‎kbfs are increasingly considered by policymakers and executive managers. kbfs are often ‎considered as a desirable vehicle for transferring knowledge & technologies and also, ‎commercialization of univer...

From the resource-based view of the firm to the knowledge-based view of the firm it is clear that a particular intangible resource has become the cornerstone of sustainable competitive advantage (Barney, 1986; Conner, 1991; Foss, 1996; Lippman and Rumelt, 1982; Penrose, 1959). This resource is organizational knowledge. According to Peteraf’s framework (1993) “four conditions must be met for a f...

The report overviews and synthesizes literature on various perspectives on knowledge in organizations. Knowledge-based view of the firm is compared to the transaction economics view of the firm. Then various theories on organizational knowledge creation are reviewed. A significant body of literature on knowledge sharing and creation in the inter-organizational context of joint ventures and supp...

nowadays, the process of knowledge sharing has gone beyond organizational boundaries and the issue of knowledge sharing is discussed widely among different companies and organizations in order to improve their performance. with the emergent of outsourcing process and increasing attention of organizations toward it, managers are more inclined to outsource their services; but, the problem of inte...

The Knowledge-based view of the firm is a recent extension of the Resourcebased view of the firm very adequate to the present economic context. Knowledge is considered to be a very special strategic resource that does not depreciate in the way traditional economic productive factors do, and can generate increasing returns. The nature of most knowledge-based resources is mainly intangible and dy...

In this paper, we examine the phenomenon of dyadic inter-organizational relationships and develop a conceptual model to explain the influence of complementary knowledge and relative absorptive capacity on firm performance. Using theoretical perspectives emanating from the knowledge-based view of the firm and organizational learning, we suggest that performance outcomes in inter-organizational r...

evaluating the investment that healthcare organisations make in quality improvement requires knowledge of impact at multiple levels, including patient care, workforce and other organisational resources. the degree to which these resources help organisations to survive and thrive in the challenging contexts in which healthcare is designed and delivered is unknown. investigating this question fro...

The impact of information systems outsourcing on knowledge created within or between firms may be affected by the strategic value of assets outsourced, the number and effectiveness of communication channels between firms, and the embeddedness of firm specific knowledge in the processes or personnel outsourced. Many benefits of outsourcing are inextricably linked to management’s capability to ma...

We propose a new model of knowledge creation in purposeful, loosely-coordinated, distributed systems, as an alternative to a firm-based one. Specifically, using the case of Linux kernel development project, we build a model of community-based, evolutionary knowledge creation to study how thousands of talented volunteers, dispersed across organizational and geographical boundaries, collaborate v...

2 This paper applies an economic calculus to knowledge to address one of the most strategically important questions firms face – deciding which activities are more economically organized in a unified firm rather than in two autonomous firms. The conceptual and empirical framework presented here proposes that specialization leads to differences in cost and technical efficiency of knowledge-based...