THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INNOVATION: A KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT APPROACH

2004 ◽  
Vol 08 (03) ◽  
pp. 261-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
EL-SAYED ABOU-ZEID ◽  
QIANZHEN CHENG
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Organizational Knowledge ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Cognitive Fit ◽  
Knowledge Resources ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
Cognitive Fit Theory ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

With the emergence of knowledge management (KM) as a new discipline for studying what needs to be done in order to get the most out of organizational knowledge resources, linking knowledge management and innovation becomes a necessity. Nevertheless, there are few studies that address the relationship between KM and innovation. While the thing- and process-oriented approaches adopted in these studies are helpful in understanding the relationship between knowledge management concepts and innovation concepts, they have failed to account for the impact of this relationship on the effectiveness of the innovation process. In order to study this impact, cognitive fit theory is used to develop a model that describes how the compatibility between knowledge manipulating activities and the type of knowledge associated with innovation will affect the success of the innovation process.

scholarly journals Knowledge management, innovativeness, and organizational performance: Evidence from Serbia

2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (199) ◽  
pp. 85-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marko Slavkovic ◽  
Verica Babic
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

The importance of knowledge management and its contribution to organizational performance and innovativeness has been the subject of many studies and is increasingly gaining recognition worldwide. Our study analyses the impact of knowledge management on perceived organizational performance and innovativeness in the context of the Serbian economy. The results of the empirical research on leading Serbian firms demonstrates the direct and positive effect of knowledge management. The regression results show that knowledge management generally has a positive effect on organizational performance. Also, the results show that knowledge management is positively related to the different dimensions of organizational innovation (process innovation and administrative innovation). The mediating effects of process innovation and administrative innovation on the relationship between knowledge management and organizational performance are only partially supported.

scholarly journals Sustainable Innovation in Small Medium Enterprises: The Impact of Knowledge Management on Organizational Innovation through a Mediation Analysis by Using SEM Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2407 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaffar Abbas ◽  
Qingyu Zhang ◽  
Iftikhar Hussain ◽  
Sabahat Akram ◽  
Aneeqa Afaq ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Garment Industry ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Sustainable Innovation ◽  
Study Results ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This current study is among the very few investigations, which seeks the relationship between knowledge management and sustainable organizational innovation in garment business firms. This investigation focused on examining how organizational learning mediates the relationship between knowledge management and sustainable organizational innovation. This research establishes that knowledge management and organizational innovation procedures are integral parts of the progress and survival of the organizations. The received data of this population reports on the garment firms, operating their businesses in Lahore and Gujranwala. The study applied a stratified random sampling method for data collection and employed structural equation modeling (SEM) to examine the hypothesized relationships. The results specify that knowledge management shows a significant positive association with organizational learning, which in turn reveals a positive linkage to sustainable organizational innovation in SMEs of the garment industry. The study results also specify that organizational learning mediates the relationship between knowledge management and sustainable organizational innovation. This research survey identifies the significance of knowledge management and organizational learning in executing the process of organizational innovation, and it helps business managers to understand organizational learning as a mediator, which in turn indicates the benefits of knowledge management in achieving sustainable organizational innovation. This review provides an empirical indication of original data to investigate the linkage between knowledge management, sustainable innovation process, and organizational learning culture in the Pakistani garment sector. The generalizability of the study fallouts is restricted to the garment industry, and it offers valuable insights for imminent researchers.

An Ontological Approach to Enterprise Knowledge Modeling in a Shipping Company

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 70-84
Author(s):  
Sung-kwan Kim ◽  
Joe Felan ◽  
Moo Hong Kang
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Organizational Knowledge ◽  
Modeling Language ◽  
Knowledge Modeling ◽  
Knowledge Model ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Knowledge Resources ◽  
Shipping Company ◽  
Knowledge Models ◽  
Ontological Approach

Modeling approaches are gaining popularity in knowledge management (KM), especially in specifying knowledge contents. This paper addresses the enterprise knowledge modeling. An enterprise knowledge model provides users with an integrated, holistic view of organizational knowledge resources. Employing a reliable methodology is critical to building successful enterprise knowledge models. A good methodology provides an effective and efficient mechanism for developing a model. This paper first reviews the enterprise knowledge modeling (EKM) and its methodologies. An ontology-based EKM (OBEKM) methodology is proposed. Its products, procedures, and modeling language are described. The methodology is then applied to the construction of a shipping company’s knowledge model for demonstration.

Knowledge Management Approach as Business Model

2011 ◽  
pp. 73-96
Author(s):  
Viju Mathew
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Service Industries ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
Growth Prospects ◽  
Learning Development ◽  
Knowledge Strategies

Knowledge management (KM) has been sprouting as one of the outstanding conversant factor strongly in trust, and trust is a critical precondition to knowledge learning and sharing management concepts (Mathew, 2008). The chapter intended to bring forward various KM strategies specially framed for the service industries looking forward for the global market and need to create advantage in providing customer satisfaction and enhancing the growth prospects, applications in organizations, indicate how to improve knowledge based performance and act a base for the service industry for developing innovation, creating global opportunities for better service. The case study highlighting knowledge strategies is designed to achieve the required knowledge sharing and output. Open-ended and closed-ended strategies plays a significant role in collaborative learning, development, building the potential and providing the knowledge creation and sharing capacities needed for strategic formulation and decision making to create competitiveness.

Enhanced Innovation Process as a Key Driver of Bakery Performance

2021 ◽  
pp. 215-238
Author(s):  
Kafigi Jeje ◽  
Vannie Naidoo ◽  
Rahul Verma
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Innovation Process ◽  
Pivotal Role ◽  
Output Level ◽  
Food Sector ◽  
Professional Behaviour ◽  
Key Driver ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in the food sector play a pivotal role in contributing to the developing county's economy. In order to improve a small and medium-sized enterprises (SME), one key driver is innovation, and for innovation initiatives to grow and succeed, they depend largely on the leadership and the innovation capabilities of the firm. This chapter will shed more light on the impact of the enhanced innovation process on the performance of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) bakeries. A qualitative study was conducted on 186 registered bakery owners/managers of bakeries. The results indicated that the relationship between enhanced innovation process and output level in small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) bakeries are significant. It has been revealed that the workforce's professional behaviour, the acquired competency through training, and the rewarding systems moderate the relationship between enhanced innovation process and output level in small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) bakeries.

Linking Knowledge Management and Intellectual Capital

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria do Rosário Cabrita ◽  
Virgílio Cruz-Machado ◽  
Florinda Matos
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Successful Management ◽  
Knowledge Resources ◽  
The World ◽  
Knowledge Intensive ◽  
The Relationship

The ability of an organization to effectively nurture, capture, leverage, and share its knowledge resources become the key that provides an enterprise with its strategic power advantage in the world. When an organization develops its ability to build, access and leverage its knowledge resources it is creating its knowledge advantage. In an era of knowledge economics, Knowledge Management (KM) and Intellectual Capital (IC) have emerged as major issues that managers must deal with, if the organizations want maintain their competitive advantage. The accumulation of IC and KM is closely related. The successful management of IC is linked to the efficiency of KM processes, which, in turn, implies that the successful implementation of KM ensures the growth and renewal of IC in an organization. There are relatively few discussions on the relationship between KM and IC, and even fewer studies on such relationship in the banking industry. For the banking sector, as one of the most knowledge-intensive industries, it is imperative to understand how to use techniques in KM to accumulate IC to cope with an increasingly changing environment. Based on previous studies, this article seeks to explore the links between IC and KM in Portuguese banks, by identifying the IC resources of importance and leveraging these resources through KM capability.

Knowledge Management and Electronic Commerce Supporting Strategic Decisions

2011 ◽  
pp. 325-353
Author(s):  
Wen-Jang Kenny Jih ◽  
Marilyn M. Helms ◽  
Donna T. Mayo
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Electronic Commerce ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Significant Relationships ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
Knowledge Management Practices ◽  
Reinforcing Effects ◽  
The Relationship

Current literature on e-commerce and knowledge management primarily emphasizes the benefit of knowledge management for innovative e-commerce operations. The Internet-enabled e-commerce field provides capabilities for firms in all sectors to reach global buyers and suppliers. Knowledge management provides frameworks to manage intellectual capital as a valuable organizational and strategic resource. Do knowledge management practices significantly benefit electronic commerce? If so, does the relationship work in the other direction? Does a firm’s e-commerce applications significantly benefit knowledge management practices as well? To test these exploratory propositions, empirical data were collected from companies in a variety of industries in Taiwan, a country emphasizing e-commerce initiatives. The results revealed significant relationships between the way businesses implement electronic commerce projects, as well as how they experiment with knowledge management concepts. In addition, the findings reveal interesting benefits and difficulties in implementation. These relationships were found to operate in both directions, offering reinforcing effects as well as connections.

Visions and Directions

2007 ◽  
pp. 297-312
Author(s):  
Meliha Handzic
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Complete Picture ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

The book starts with an introduction to theoretical foundations of knowledge management concepts, proceeds with a series of empirical studies on the role of technology in knowledge management, followed by studies of socially orientated knowledge management solutions. The book ends with the discussion of major issues and challenges for knowledge management research and practice. With its integrated and systematic approach, the book makes a small but important step in helping individuals and organisations to get an objective and complete picture of the role of social and technical initiatives in knowledge management based on formal and sound empirical research. More importantly, the book shows that the impact of various initiatives is highly contingent upon the context in which the knowledge is generated, transferred, and used. This may help managers to choose more suitable solutions to turn their intangible assets into tangible outcomes.

Incentives and Rewards

2007 ◽  
pp. 233-244
Author(s):  
Meliha Handzic
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Complete Picture ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

The book starts with an introduction to theoretical foundations of knowledge management concepts, proceeds with a series of empirical studies on the role of technology in knowledge management, followed by studies of socially orientated knowledge management solutions. The book ends with the discussion of major issues and challenges for knowledge management research and practice. With its integrated and systematic approach, the book makes a small but important step in helping individuals and organisations to get an objective and complete picture of the role of social and technical initiatives in knowledge management based on formal and sound empirical research. More importantly, the book shows that the impact of various initiatives is highly contingent upon the context in which the knowledge is generated, transferred, and used. This may help managers to choose more suitable solutions to turn their intangible assets into tangible outcomes.

Mode of Socialisation

2007 ◽  
pp. 208-220
Author(s):  
Meliha Handzic
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Complete Picture ◽  
Research And Practice ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

The book starts with an introduction to theoretical foundations of knowledge management concepts, proceeds with a series of empirical studies on the role of technology in knowledge management, followed by studies of socially orientated knowledge management solutions. The book ends with the discussion of major issues and challenges for knowledge management research and practice. With its integrated and systematic approach, the book makes a small but important step in helping individuals and organisations to get an objective and complete picture of the role of social and technical initiatives in knowledge management based on formal and sound empirical research. More importantly, the book shows that the impact of various initiatives is highly contingent upon the context in which the knowledge is generated, transferred, and used. This may help managers to choose more suitable solutions to turn their intangible assets into tangible outcomes.

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