scholarly journals Knowledge Management and Value Creation: Evidence from Tunisian Companies

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Sana Ouechtati ◽  
Samir Mellouli

Knowledge management is considered as a way to well manage the intellectual capital of the company. The remarkable importance of knowledge management is reflected in the growing importance of its place in the world of economics. The objective of this paper is to study the impact of knowledge management on the different types of value creation such as economic, social, institutional and instrumental. To achieve this goal, we used a quantitative study of 35 Tunisian companies operating in different sectors. The empirical results of the exploratory analysis show that knowledge management has a significant impact on both economic value. On the contrary, it has a mixed impact on both social value.

2021 ◽  
pp. 193896552110335
Author(s):  
John W. O’Neill ◽  
Jihwan Yeon

In recent years, short-term rental platforms in the lodging sector, including Airbnb, VRBO, and HomeAway, have received extensive attention and emerged as potentially alternative suppliers of services traditionally provided by established commercial accommodation providers, that is, hotels. Short-term rentals have dramatically increased the available supply of rooms for visitors to multiple international destinations, potentially siphoning demand away from hotels to short-term rental businesses. In a competitive market, an increase in supply with constant demand would negatively influence incumbent service providers. In this article, we examine the substitution effects of short-term rental supply on hotel performance in different cities around the world. Specifically, we comprehensively investigate the substitution effects of short-term rental supply on hotel performance based on hotel class, location type, and region. Furthermore, we segment the short-term rental supply based on its types of accommodations, that is, shared rooms, private rooms, and entire homes, and both examine and quantify the differential effects of these types of short-term rentals on different types of hotels. This study offers a comprehensive analysis regarding the impact of multiple short-term rental platforms on hotel performance and offers both conceptual and practical insights regarding the nature and extent of the effects that were identified.


2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (5) ◽  
pp. 935-964 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neha Smriti ◽  
Niladri Das

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of intellectual capital (IC) on financial performance (FP) for Indian companies listed on the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy Overall Share Price Index (COSPI). Design/methodology/approach Hypotheses were developed according to theories and literature review. Secondary data were collected from Indian companies listed on the COSPI between 2001 and 2016, and the value-added intellectual coefficient (VAIC) of Pulic (2000) was used to measure IC and its components. A dynamic system generalized method of moments (SGMM) estimator was employed to identify the variables that significantly contribute to firm performance. Findings Indian listed firms appear to be performing well and efficiently utilizing their IC. Overall, human capital had a major impact on firm productivity during the study period. Furthermore, the empirical analysis showed that structural capital efficiency and capital employed efficiency were equally important contributors to firm’s sales growth and market value. The growing importance of the contribution of IC to value creation was consistently reflected in the FP of these Indian companies. Practical implications This study has robust theoretical grounds and employs a validated methodology. The present study extends knowledge of IC among academicians and managers and highlights its contribution to value creation. The findings may help stakeholders and policymakers in developing countries properly reallocate intellectual resources. Originality/value This study is the first study to evaluate IC and its relationship with traditional measures of firm performance among Indian listed firms using dynamic SGMM and VAIC models.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 4216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenyuan Li ◽  
Mohammed Abubakari Sadick ◽  
Abdul-Aziz Ibn Musah ◽  
Salisu Mustapha

This paper presents a survey study of how social innovation moderates social and economic value from the perspective of shared value creation. Specifically, the study addresses the following questions: Does economic value lead to social value creation in shared value creation? Does social innovation moderate social and economic value in the creation of shared value? The questions are addressed through an empirical investigation of 250 social enterprise organizations that apply social objectives and a market-based approach to attain social and economic goals in Ghana. The study used SmartPLS software version 3.0 to evaluate the data collected. The results indicated that economic value influences the creation of social value in shared value creation. Study results also revealed that social innovation is a driver of shared value creation via social value in the educational sector of Ghana. However, social innovation could not play a moderating role in economic value to shared value creation.


2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 6-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iryna Oleynikova ◽  
Zhanna Balabaniuk

Nowadays the main potential for growth comes from the ability to innovate and succeed with breakthrough ideas. However, despite growing importance of the subject matter, there are still no standard practices that would perform such a measurement and employ tendencies of human capital circulation. Various attempts have been made over recent years, but none have achieved general acceptance among experts in the business field. Although there is no universally accepted theory, each has its own strengths and weaknesses in the deriving approximate value of intellectual capital for various companies. In this work, we looked over some theories that have been suggested to estimate intellectual capital and analyzed data from Ukrainian IT companies in order to prove how important measurement of intellectual capital and human capital circulation trends to allow for much better representation of an organization’s competitive position. Additionally, the impact of intellectual capital on various Key Performance Indicators, such as Economic Value Added and Weighted Average Cost of Capital, was examined with supporting financial analysis performed. The paper concludes with an overview of methodological and managerial implications of the research, theoretical and practical limitations and possible improvements, and considerations for further research in the field of study.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-199
Author(s):  
Khaled Zaidan Abdul Hadi ◽  
Rawia Mohamed Wajih Jarges

The research aims to demonstrate the impact of knowledge management infrastructure in intellectual capital through a exploratory study of the views of a sample of individuals in the Institute of Management / Rusafa. The interest in the knowledge management infrastructure contributes to increasing the effectiveness of the intellectual capital of the research sample. The research problem focused on the following questions: Is there a clear perception in the researched organization about the knowledge management infrastructure? Is there a clear perception in the researched organization about intellectual capital? What is the nature of the correlation and influence relationships between the knowledge management infrastructure and the intellectual capital? In order to answer the above questions, the analytical descriptive method was adopted through the design and construction of a scale that has the ability to measure the main dimensions of the research. The questionnaire (35) was distributed by means of an objective sample for a number of teachers as the research sample. In order to analyze the data, a set of statistical methods was used. The research found a significant correlation between the infrastructure of knowledge management and intellectual capital. A number of suggestions were made, including the need to pay attention to the knowledge management infrastructure, which would positively affect the intellectual capital of individuals and the overall performance of the researched organization.


Marketing ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (4) ◽  
pp. 259-270
Author(s):  
Jasmina Ognjanović

Employees are one of the key resources involved in building of corporate reputation. The efficiency of employees is reflected in the corporate reputation and depends on the development of the employer brand. The concept of the employer brand is aimed at building the image of attractive employer in the labor market and implies providing functional, psychological and economic benefits for potential and current employees. The aim of this paper is to examine the interdependence of the employer brand dimensions and the corporate reputation of the observed hotels in the Republic of Serbia. The research involved the application of correlation analysis, regression analysis and non-parametric tests to check the differences between groups. In the paper are observed three dimensions of the employer brand: functional-economic value, social value and interest value. It is proved and the presence of a positive and statistically significant correlation between the dimensions of the employer brand and the corporate reputation of the observed hotels. Based on the processed data, the influence of the dimensions of the employer brand on the corporate reputation of the hotel has been proven, with the strongest influence on the social value and functional-economic value. Non-parametric tests did not reveal a statistically significant difference in the level of development of the employer's brand dimensions between different categories of hotels.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doug Carroll

Energy Efficiency of Vehicles educates readers about energy and the environment and the relationship between the energy we use and the environment. The world is at a point in time when people need to make very important decisions about energy in the next few decades. This book enables readers to utilize our scientific knowledge to make good rational decisions. Energy Efficiency of Vehicles provides information on: Calculations related to energy, power, and efficiency, and the impact of using different types of energy on the environment. Environmental consequences of consuming energy. Models related to impact of city driving on the energy efficiency and fuel economy of cars and trucks.


2011 ◽  
pp. 418-433
Author(s):  
Eduardo Bueno Campos

The aim of this chapter is to deepen the concept of ‘Communities of Practice’ (CoPs) from the understanding of a reference framework for knowledge governance, stressing the grey area which distinguishes such governance from the traditional term ‘Knowledge Management,’ since knowledge governance means not just the management of such assets but also their creation and development, which generates a richer and more appropriate meaning or sense. Without entering into exhaustive referential analyses, we attempt to offer the reader a practical approach which allows structuring an action plan that, in this case, will be explicated for the field of CoPs. Identification and measurement of assets based on information and knowledge and the processes carried out towards its improvement create the convergence of the dynamic of intellectual capital and the afore-mentioned knowledge governance as complementary subjects for an appropriate exploitation and monitoring of the impact which the organizational fostering of this strategic-reality has on business.


Author(s):  
Dag von Lubitz

Information Technology (IT), and the subsequent broad acceptance of Information and Knowledge Management (IM/KM) methods revolutionized the way business is thought of and practiced. With e-business facilitating the ability to do more, more, faster, at a wider range, and to influence ever larger and more diverse consumer groups, the impact of technology on commerce, finance, and global economy has been frequently compared to the “paradigm shift” that Kuhn (1970) proposed as the essence of scientific revolution. Yet, despite the transformational influence of modernity on the ancient art, the fundamental principles of business have not changed: overreliance on the facilitation of business operations as the substitution for the adherence to the soundness of their conduct fuelled rampant growth of corporate laisse faire, and already twice brought the world to the brink of economic disaster (Stiglitz, 2003; Steingart, 2008).


Author(s):  
Austin Tonderai Nyakurerwa

The chapter focused on the institutional repository as a knowledge management tool that enhances the visibility of libraries in the 21st century. The researcher mainly relied on content analysis to gather research data. The researcher took a swipe on the uptake of institutional repositories the world over and an analysis of how an institutional repository could be used as a knowledge management tool was done. The researcher also conducted a situational analysis of the MSU institutional repository and assessed the impact of the digital repository on the visibility of the library. The author used the Webometrics Ranking of Universities in Zimbabwe to assess how universities are ranked in Zimbabwe.


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