Organisational learning and competitive advantage: testing for the interacting influence of knowledge management and innovation

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moses Tahate Kamya ◽  
Joseph Mpeera Ntayi ◽  
Augustine Ahiauzu
2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (No. 3) ◽  
pp. 101-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Hron

The article summarizes recent developments in the field of knowledge management and its vital influence on strategic management. Knowledge has become a resource of key importance with regard to the competitive advantage of a business. It thus strengthens the resource-based view of competitive advantage and develops it further by providing guidelines for developing, storing, and sharing knowledge within a business with the use of the concept of organisational learning. Tacit and explicit knowledge is distinguished in order to differentiate their contribution towards the competitiveness of a business. Based on these developments major trends affecting current development of strategic management are defined as well as recommendations drawn from the experience of leading subjects in the field.


Author(s):  
Ingi Runar Edvardsson ◽  
Susanne Durst

This chapter consists of a review of 42 refereed articles on outsourcing in relation to knowledge management and learning. Among the knowledge and learning potentials of outsourcing in organisations are to focus on core competencies, organisational learning, shorten production cycles, improve quality, and enhance innovation. Outsourcing can also have negative outcomes, such as knowledge loss, competences drainage, organisational learning problems, diminished trust, poorer services, hidden cost, and reduction in innovation. The findings of the review were summarised in a number of hypotheses and two conceptual models that highlight the contribution of outsourcing to either competitive advantage or disadvantage. The chapter can assist managers to seek competitive advantages out of outsourcing of activities while avoiding detrimental outsourcing effects.


Author(s):  
Muhammad Shujahat ◽  
Saddam Hussain ◽  
Sammar Javed ◽  
Muhammad Imran Malik ◽  
Ramayah Thurasamy ◽  
...  

Purpose The purpose of this study is primarily to discuss the synergic and separate use of knowledge and intelligence, via knowledge management and competitive intelligence, in each stage of strategic management process. Next, this paper aims to discuss the implications of each stage of strategic management process for knowledge management and competitive intelligence and vice versa. Design/methodology/approach A systematic literature review was performed within time frame of 2000-2016. Extracted information from reviewed studies was synthesized and integrated in strategic management model of Fred David. Findings A strategic management model with lens of knowledge management and competitive intelligence is proposed. Each stage of knowledge management process has implications for knowledge management and competitive intelligence and vice versa. In addition, synergic and separate use of knowledge and intelligence results in effective decision-making, leading to competitive advantage. Research limitations/implications Learning curve of knowledge management and competitive intelligence and being limited to the use of Fred David model are among the many key limitations. Practical implications Experts of knowledge management, competitive intelligence and strategic management can use this study to gain competitive advantage based on knowledge and information resources. Organizations should have knowledge management function and competitive intelligence to support the strategy formulation, implementation and evaluation. Social implications Readers can take a view for how they can manage their knowledge and information resources from a strategic perspective. Originality/value This study proposes a strategic management model with lens of knowledge management and competitive intelligence. The model discusses ways for synergic and separate use of knowledge and intelligence in each stage of strategic management, leading to competitive advantage. In addition, it discusses the holistic and integrated implications of knowledge management and competitive intelligence for each stage of strategic management process and vice versa.


2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 178-183
Author(s):  
Beata Gierczak

Abstract Introduction. Competitive advantage determines the success of modern enterprises, such as hospitality companies, on the market. In turn, competitive advantage is gained as the result of skillful management, taking into account the factors that characterize the company environment. In the management process, methods and concepts that, when properly applied, facilitate the company's innovative activities play the key role, thus contributing to building competitive advantage. The purpose of this paper is to specify and characterize the methods and management concepts most commonly used by hospitality companies in the process of building competitive advantage. The core benefit of these considerations is that they serve to identify those activities of hospitality companies in which the analyzed methods and concepts found practical application. The final part of the article is devoted to an attempt to identify barriers and problems that significantly limit the use of these methods and concepts. Material and methods. In order to achieve this objective, a survey and interviews were carried out in all three- and four-star hotels in the Rzeszów area in the first quarter of 2012. Results. The results revealed that the concept most commonly used by hoteliers was knowledge-based organization (knowledge management), followed by outsourcing, benchmarking and internal competition, respectively. Conclusions. The study also demonstrated that the managers of these hospitality companies significantly lacked substantive knowledge of emerging “market” management methods and concepts.


Gestão org ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliana Andréa Severo ◽  
Julio Cesar Ferro de Guimarães ◽  
Arícia Morais de Medeiros ◽  
Ênio Vinicius Baracho Eduardo ◽  
Robson Da Silva Alves ◽  
...  

A globalização e a turbulência de mercado exigem que as organizações busquem estratégias para a vantagem competitiva. Neste contexto, a gestão do conhecimento visa a criação, transferência e circulação do conhecimento nas organizações, bem como o investimento no capital intelectual. No entanto, a orientação para o mercado defende uma cultura orientada para o cliente, a fim de oferecer-lhes produtos de maior valor agregado de forma eficiente e efetiva. Perante o exposto, este estudo tem como objetivo analisar a influência da gestão do conhecimento e da orientação para o mercado sobre a vantagem competitiva em 426 empresas de comércio e serviços do Sul do Brasil. A metodologia utilizada tratou-se de uma pesquisa quantitativa, por meio da análise fatorial exploratória e regressão linear múltipla. Os resultados destacam que tanto a gestão do conhecimento, como a orientação para o mercado estão positivamente relacionadas com a vantagem competitiva.


Author(s):  
Saadet Ela PELENK

Economic, social, cultural and technological changes increase the importance of information. It is possible for organizations to adapt to change, by sharing up-to-date information. Knowledge-based new economies which consist dynamic market conditions, network-based organizational structure, continuous learning, digitalization, innovations and innovative businesses as competitive advantage source, corporate knowledge management has a strategic importance. Th eaim of this research is to determine the relationship among innovation and sub-dimensions of knowledge management as "information acquisition” and “education and communication". For this purpose, a survey was conducted with 120 employees of 3 innovative organizations that operate in various sectors. According to the results of the research, the acquisition of information has a significant positive effect on organizational innovation (β=0,29; t=3,10; p<0,05); education –training and communication variables have no significant effect on organizational innovation (p>0,05).


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Dmaithan Almajali ◽  
Musa AL-Lozi

Knowledge, its effective use, and the acquisition of new knowledge are considered the only way organizations can sustain a competitive advantage in today’s highly competitive environment. This paper reviews the associations among knowledge management, knowledge management infrastructure, and job satisfaction.


Author(s):  
Yanti Mayasari Ginting ◽  
Elfindri Elfindri ◽  
Hafiz Rahman ◽  
Dodi Devianto

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of business Knowledge Management System (KMS) of creative industry in the visual communication design sub-sector to attain sustainable competitive advantage. This research is a quantitative research using survey method with a questionnaire as the instrument. The population in this study consists of business owners, business managers, and creative workers in the business of visual communication design sub-sector located in Riau, Indonesia. The sample size is 202 and the sampling method used is purposive sampling, there are 34 questions in the questionnaire and analyzed by using SEM AMOS. This study found that KMS of the business effect sustainable competitive advent age. Both basic competing strategies and strategic competitiveness can be used as dimensions of sustainable competitive advantage. This study is conducted in Visual Communication Design so that it needs to be extended to other sub-sectors to further validate the model.


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