A knowledge-based view of managing dependence on a key customer: Survival and growth outcomes for young firms

Abstract Healthcare sector is considered as the knowledge-based sector and because of this innovation and creativity should be regarded as prerequisite for the survival and growth of the organizations which perform their activities within the sector. In this context development of pro-innovative culture within hospitals becomes crucial. In search for tools allowing to create the culture employees appraisal becomes an interesting tool to be further investigated. Due to the fact the main aim of the paper is to investigate the relationships between the employee appraisal system and innovation in the context of the organizational culture in the hospitals. Study was carried in eight public hospitals located in two voivodships in Poland. Not only qualitative but also quantitative data was analyzed in order to identify usefulness of employees appraisal as the tool of pro-innovative culture creation.

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Modeling the Knowledge Sharing Barriers

Business Intelligence ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-9562-7.ch102 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 2049-2066

Author(s):

B. P. Sharma ◽

M. D. Singh

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Knowledge Sharing ◽

Interpretive Structural Modeling ◽

Knowledge Based ◽

Knowledge Based Economy ◽

Management Commitment ◽

Top Management Commitment ◽

Managerial Implications ◽

Survival And Growth ◽

Engineering Industries

In the knowledge-based economy, the survival and growth of the engineering industries depends upon the knowledge management (KM). In the present environment, KS is the corner stone of the KM. Some variables hinder KS in the industries are known as knowledge sharing barriers (KSBs). The objective of this paper is to identify and recognize the critical KSBs and their mutual influences in the industries. The interpretive structural modeling (ISM) methodology has been used to develop hierarchy of the identified KSBs evolving their mutual relationships. Identified KSBs at the root of the hierarchy (called driving KSBs) and at the top of the hierarchy (called dependent KSBs). It is observed that two KSBs namely “lack of top management commitment” and “KM is not well understood” have highest driving power. Therefore, these KSBs require serious attention by the managers in the engineering industries. The study concludes with discussion and managerial implications.

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Modeling the Knowledge Sharing Barriers

International Journal of Knowledge-Based Organizations ◽

10.4018/ijkbo.2015010102 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 16-33 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

B. P. Sharma ◽

M. D. Singh

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Knowledge Sharing ◽

Interpretive Structural Modeling ◽

Knowledge Based ◽

Knowledge Based Economy ◽

Management Commitment ◽

Top Management Commitment ◽

Managerial Implications ◽

Survival And Growth ◽

Engineering Industries

In the knowledge-based economy, the survival and growth of the engineering industries depends upon the knowledge management (KM). In the present environment, KS is the corner stone of the KM. Some variables hinder KS in the industries are known as knowledge sharing barriers (KSBs). The objective of this paper is to identify and recognize the critical KSBs and their mutual influences in the industries. The interpretive structural modeling (ISM) methodology has been used to develop hierarchy of the identified KSBs evolving their mutual relationships. Identified KSBs at the root of the hierarchy (called driving KSBs) and at the top of the hierarchy (called dependent KSBs). It is observed that two KSBs namely “lack of top management commitment” and “KM is not well understood” have highest driving power. Therefore, these KSBs require serious attention by the managers in the engineering industries. The study concludes with discussion and managerial implications.

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Survival and growth of start-ups in innovation- and knowledge-based branches: an empirical analysis of the French ICT sector

Research on Technological Innovation, Management and Policy - The Emergence of Entrepreneurial Economics ◽

10.1016/s0737-1071(05)09007-4 ◽

2007 ◽

pp. 99-127

Author(s):

Frank Lasch ◽

Frédéric Le Roy ◽

Saïd Yami

Keyword(s):

Empirical Analysis ◽

Knowledge Based ◽

Survival And Growth ◽

Start Ups

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How and Why Business Model Matters in Acquisition of Knowledge in Small and Entrepreneurial Firms

Enterprise Development in SMEs and Entrepreneurial Firms ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-2952-3.ch001 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 1-21 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Arash Najmaei

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Acquisition ◽

Business Model ◽

Absorptive Capacity ◽

Theory And Practice ◽

Future Research ◽

Entrepreneurial Firms ◽

Knowledge Based ◽

Survival And Growth ◽

The Mind

Much has been written about acquisition of knowledge and its role in survival and growth of small and entrepreneurial firms. Little, however, is known about the role of business model in knowledge acquiring activities of the firms. Therefore, by incorporating the cognitive and reified activity-based view of business model into the knowledge-based view (KBV) and absorptive capacity of the firms, this article attempts to address this deficiency. The author posits that business model is a holistic framework in the mind of the executives. It is embodied and reified in activities which employees and particularly executives perform to create and capture value for the firm. In light of this perspective knowledge acquisition is conceived as a key strategic activity whose scope, depth, and breadth are regulated by the business model of the firm. Adding to and extending KBV, this manuscript offers several contributions to theory and practice. Given this analysis, contributions of this view are presented, implications for theory and practice are discussed, and some fruitful areas for future research are highlighted.

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Is the Personal Always Political?

Journal of Individual Differences ◽

10.1027/1614-0001/a000230 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 38 (3) ◽

pp. 133-143 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Danny Osborne ◽

Yannick Dufresne ◽

Gregory Eady ◽

Jennifer Lees-Marshment ◽

Cliff van der Linden

Keyword(s):

Survey Data ◽

National Survey ◽

Negative Relationship ◽

Openness To Experience ◽

Political Sophistication ◽

Knowledge Based

Abstract. Research demonstrates that the negative relationship between Openness to Experience and conservatism is heightened among the informed. We extend this literature using national survey data (Study 1; N = 13,203) and data from students (Study 2; N = 311). As predicted, education – a correlate of political sophistication – strengthened the negative relationship between Openness and conservatism (Study 1). Study 2 employed a knowledge-based measure of political sophistication to show that the Openness × Political Sophistication interaction was restricted to the Openness aspect of Openness. These studies demonstrate that knowledge helps people align their ideology with their personality, but that the Openness × Political Sophistication interaction is specific to one aspect of Openness – nuances that are overlooked in the literature.

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