Fixing the Lessons of Change in Organisational Memory

This study aims at measuring the impact of organisational memory (OM) on competitive strategies in information technology (IT) companies in King Hussein Business Park (KHBP) in Amman, the capital of Jordan. KHBP comprises of 20 companies, which will form the research population. A random sample was chosen with the sampling unit constituting of 63 out of originally 74 senior employees. The study adopted a descriptive analytical approach and a structured questionnaire was used as a study tool for the purpose of measuring the variables of the study. The outcomes of the study show that OM and its processes (knowledge acquisition, retention, and retrieval) have an impact on both types of competitive strategies (differentiation and lower cost strategies) in Jordan's IT companies. The study presented key recommendations such as: enhancing the role of OM in IT companies given its clear impact on competitive strategies; carrying out additional studies on OM to look deeper into its dimensions, processes, justifications, hindrances, and strategies.

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Competitive Advantage, Open Innovation, and Dynamic Capabilities

Biotechnology ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-8903-7.ch065 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1556-1580

Author(s):

Geoffroy Labrouche ◽

Med Kechidi

Keyword(s):

Competitive Advantage ◽

Open Innovation ◽

Dynamic Capabilities ◽

Rate Of Change ◽

High Rate ◽

Dynamic Capability ◽

Organisational Memory ◽

Innovation Strategies ◽

Relational Capabilities ◽

Theoretical Considerations

This chapter deals with a particular type of dynamic capability: dynamic relational capabilities. They are defined as the organisational ability of a firm to enter into successful business relationships with other actors. It is shown that these abilities, based on organisational memory, are expressed in particular through the acquisition of assets and the conclusion of partnerships/alliances. In the pharmaceutical industry, open innovation strategies are the concrete proof of such abilities. Indeed, this sector is considered to be a High-Velocity Environment characterized by a high rate of change. Such change, challenging firms' competitive advantage, fosters the development of dynamic capabilities and open innovation strategies. These theoretical considerations are illustrated by reference to the innovation strategy adopted by the Sanofi group, particularly since 2008.

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Adding Knowledge to Accounting Systems for Virtual Enterprises

Internet-Based Organizational Memory and Knowledge Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-878289-82-7.ch006 ◽

2000 ◽

pp. 103-122

Author(s):

Simon Polovina ◽

Vito Veneziano

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Employee Turnover ◽

Accounting Information ◽

Economic Resources ◽

Virtual Enterprises ◽

Accounting Systems ◽

Organisational Memory ◽

Business Organisation ◽

Automate Accounting

Any business organisation has always needed mechanisms to control its affairs, particularly how it optimises the economic resources at its disposal to meet its objectives. Accounting essentially provides a universally established basis for optimising these finite resources, thus has long become the ‘language of business’. Being highly numeric in nature, by using monetary measures as its basis, it was relatively easy to automate accounting information on computer. As well as providing businesses with much greater decision-making capability, capturing this information on computer has given them a key organisational memory that they can retain and build upon regardless of, say, employee turnover.

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