Significance of Knowledge Harvesting in Open Innovation in Business Ventures

Effective Open Innovation Strategies in Modern Business - Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-5721-0.ch002 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 20-35

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Open Innovation ◽

Management Systems ◽

Top Management ◽

Knowledge Management Systems ◽

Harvesting Systems ◽

Professional Pride

Enterprises do not give much importance to creating knowledge management systems pertaining to their organization. Most of the top management in organizations are under the impression that these systems will be misused by their employees. Some of the organizations fear that there is every likelihood that their employees, after updating their knowledge of their system, may leave their organization to better their prospects. It would be better if the top management in the organization were open and transparent for creating knowledge management systems. This approach will help employees to make use of the knowledge management systems. By making use of these systems, employees will be able to create knowledge harvesting systems. Knowledge harvesting systems will facilitate them to create an open innovation environment. Involvement of employees in an open innovation environment makes them take professional pride and feel they are the backbone of their organization. This chapter explains the benefits from knowledge harvesting systems in the context of open innovation initiative ventures. Case illustrations in this chapter stress the importance of knowledge harvesting systems in the open innovation environment in organizations.

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Social Influence and Knowledge Management Systems Use: Evidence from Panel Data

MIS Quarterly ◽

10.25300/misq/2013/37.1.13 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 37 (1) ◽

pp. 299-313 ◽

Cited By ~ 62

Author(s):

Yinglei Wang ◽

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Darren B. Meister ◽

Peter H. Gray ◽

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Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Panel Data ◽

Social Influence ◽

Management Systems ◽

Knowledge Management Systems

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Utilizing a systematic literature review to develop an integrated framework for information and knowledge management systems

VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems ◽

10.1108/vjikms-03-2017-0011 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 47 (2) ◽

pp. 250-264 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Chulatep Senivongse ◽

Alex Bennet ◽

Stefania Mariano

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Literature Review ◽

Systematic Literature Review ◽

Value Added ◽

Specific Area ◽

Management Systems ◽

Knowledge Management Systems ◽

Content Type ◽

Integrated Framework ◽

Information And Knowledge Management

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the value of using a systematic literature review to develop an integrated framework for information and knowledge management systems. Design/methodology/approach First, the systematic literature review method is introduced, differentiating it from traditional literature reviews in terms of value-added and limitations. Second, this methodology is used in a research application focused on absorptive capacity internal capabilities with regard to the processes of acquisition, assimilation, transformation and exploitation. Third, an integrated framework for information and knowledge management systems is developed from this application. Findings The systematic literature review approach provides a rigor that can assist in reducing researcher bias while simultaneously enabling the definition of a precise scope of review, with a clear explanation of selection criteria with the objective to find and review all the studies that are relevant to the search definitions. As a research method, it effectively supports a qualitative, quantitative or mixed methodology. Research limitations/implications This methodology was applied to one specific area of research. Specific limitations include the availability of articles in subscribed databases and the analytical capabilities of the tools used for text mining and analytics. Originality/value This paper demonstrates the usefulness of the systematic literature review methodology in developing an integrated framework for analysis.

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Use of Knowledge Management Systems and the Impact on the Acquisition of Explicit Knowledge

Journal of Information Systems ◽

10.2308/jis.2008.22.2.77 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 77-101 ◽

Cited By ~ 36

Author(s):

Holli McCall ◽

Vicky Arnold ◽

Steve G. Sutton

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Management ◽

Problem Solving ◽

Knowledge Acquisition ◽

Reference Materials ◽

Explicit Knowledge ◽

Experimental Methodology ◽

Management Systems ◽

Knowledge Management Systems ◽

Use Of Knowledge ◽

The Impact

ABSTRACT: In an era where knowledge is increasingly seen as an organization's most valuable asset, many firms have implemented knowledge-management systems (KMS) in an effort to capture, store, and disseminate knowledge across the firm. Concerns have been raised, however, about the potential dependency of users on KMS and the related potential for decreases in knowledge acquisition and expertise development (Cole 1998; Alavi and Leidner 2001b; O'Leary 2002a). The purpose of this study, which is exploratory in nature, is to investigate whether using KMS embedded with explicit knowledge impacts novice decision makers' judgment performance and knowledge acquisition differently than using traditional reference materials (e.g., manuals, textbooks) to research and solve a problem. An experimental methodology is used to study the relative performance and explicit knowledge acquisition of 188 participants partitioned into two groups using either a KMS or traditional reference materials in problem solving. The study finds that KMS users outperform users of traditional reference materials when they have access to their respective systems/materials, but the users of traditional reference materials outperform KMS users when respective systems/materials are removed. While all users improve interpretive problem solving and encoding of definitions and rules, there are significant differences in knowledge acquisition between the two groups.

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