... only Knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial firms succeed when they can better marshal their knowledge resources into productive advantages, necessitating entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and knowledge management (KM) processes of knowledge acquisition, application, conversion and protection...

... to the success of KTE. This paper provides a thorough discussion of these factors and proposes a conceptual framework with which they may be studied in the context of OI. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Spain Universities Knowledge management Information technology Researchers Open...

... investigation into its relevance and feasibility. Kristel Miller can be contacted at: k.miller@abertay.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 University technology transfer Relative capacity Knowledge management Absorptive capacity Networking Business enterprise Stakeholder analysis...

... the widely accepted definition of Stevenson and Jarillo (1990)). Allan Gibb can be contacted at: enterprise@allangibb.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Entrepreneurialism Business enterprise Education Educational philosophy Innovation Knowledge management First...

...). Graduates Entrepreneurs Knowledge management The paper considers the literature regarding developing enterprising individuals to identify key characteristics and external resource types and sources to examine. An appropriate research design and methodology is then outlined. Thereafter the results...

..., knowing and the development of sense‐making recipes. It is an attempt to contribute to the understanding of “knowing” in SMEs. Sudi Sharifi can be contacted at: s.sharifi@salford.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Small to medium‐sized enterprises Knowledge management...

..., proactive help‐seeking behaviour, with the firm level construct, resource‐based view to understand firm formation and development. Entrepreneurs Knowledge management Knowledge capture Behaviour Prior research literature has clearly demonstrated that entrepreneurial firms contribute...

...Tim Edwards Purpose In offering a critical account of knowledge management in a small‐ and medium‐sized enterprise this paper aims to theorise the creation and sharing of knowledge from a relational perspective. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on the findings of an in‐depth longitudinal...

... inhibit formal training, information scanning and R&D in SMEs, the knowledge management model, which is based upon knowledge sharing and – through constant and open communication (often an SME strength) – the making explicit of often buried or tacit knowledge held by all employees, can also...