This paper outlines an approach to determine the effectiveness of knowledge management (KM) in knowledge intensive organizations. ‘Effectiveness’ implies embedding KM processes in an organizational context. We introduce the Knowledge Governance Framework that includes knowledge resources, knowledge development, three types of KM, and organizational objectives. We applied the framework in two ca...

the aim of this paper was to study knowledge intensive entrepreneurship role in innovative performance in agricultural technology management by entrepreneurial r&d; definition implementing as a casual-effect research by using casual model. statistical population of the study was consisted of 2768 agricultural research specialists in iran, one out of each six regional groups of provinces (n= 25)...

ABSTRACT The article develops an institutional maturity perspective for foresight capacity building in knowledge-intensive organizations (KIO), as typically embedded highly demanding dynamics of generation and use knowledge, which is necessary constructing comprehensive visions studying the future. A grid proposed structured five dimensions: people; sophistication methods, platforms, infrastruc...

In many organizations knowledge becomes increasingly important for sustaining competitive advantage. Knowledge-intensive firms (KIFs; Alvesson, 2004) gain competitive advantage by continuous adaptation to their environment. This constant adaptation to the competitive environment is realized by the unremitting generation and use of new knowledge (Harrison & Kessels, 2004, p. 3). Thus, for KIFs t...

Due to the evolving nature of technology-related industries and a faster-moving market place, there is a need for knowledge-intensive companies to continually develop in order to stay competitive. The inclusion of rapidly evolving software systems into the production pipeline creates a recurring need for competence development among employees in order to efficiently use the new technology. Howe...

In order for organizations to survive on increasingly competitive and global markets, adequate management of intellectual capital is essential. Although increasingly more information is found in electronic formats, turning this information into valuable knowledge is still the responsibility of people by applying it in professional situations to generate value. In this paper, we describe an appr...

Purpose – Aims to study the role tacit knowledge plays in shaping the knowledge base of the knowledge-intensive growing organizations using the storytelling method. Design/methodology/approach – Stories were collected from eight human resource professionals working in eight different knowledge-intensive growing organizations in New Zealand. Interviews containing loosely structured questions wer...