... startups Case study National Natural Science Foundation of China 72302166, 72110107002, 72572022 Humanities and Social Sciences Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China 23YJC630048 Sichuan University postdoctoral interdisciplinary Innovation Fund This work...

... of the target’s knowledge and to explore its knowledge by realizing routines for the integration of new knowledge within the target. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents an in-depth case study analysis based on the acquisition of a Dutch food service organization by an Italian company operating...

... the role played by OI arrangements in enhancing KS practices. Open innovation Case study Knowledge sharing Barriers Inter-organization Through the adoption of open forms of innovation, companies are making more intense efforts to identify new ways and new forms of collaborations to better...

...Yakub Karagoz; Naomi Whiteside; Axel Korthaus The remainder of the paper is structured as follows: the case study organisation is described, and a review of literature is presented. This is followed by a discussion of the results with respect to the extant literature and presentation...

... that even observing a knowledge hiding phenomenon can have a strong negative impact on firms. Case study UAE Knowledge hiding Qualitative research Top-down management In today’s competitive global economy, firm’s success in supply chains is attributed to effective knowledge management...

.../methodology/approach Three qualitative case studies were undertaken in OROs in the UK. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews, internal documents and related external material. The data were analysed using a thematic analysis method. Findings The findings identified that individual staff...

... to effectively integrate traditional PPMs with contextual, strategy-related factors to refine the purchasing directions and make them objective. Purchasing Decision-making Knowledge management Fuzzy sets Case study Decision support systems Portfolio model The effective management of knowledge...

... to their potential and realized absorptive capacity –to manage and exploit it. The present paper is based on a longitudinal case study, an OIP launched by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) that has already been implemented for three times. Multiple direct interviews with FCA top managers have allowed rebuilding...

..., the authors have conducted a multiple-case study to develop a theoretically grounded and empirically supported model of intra- and inter-firm knowledge cycles. Findings Firms identify their knowledge gaps and stocks, both tacit and explicit, undertaking efforts to fill the latter and maximize the value...

... on a multiple case study, and it uses primary and secondary data collected through desk research and field interviews. Results show the existence of HRMP aiming to enhance the individual learning, motivation and retention of employees for knowledge acquisition and knowledge sharing, in the strategic...

... the key elements of a public organization’s knowledge strategy and shows how knowledge management can support public management. Design/methodology/approach A case study on the application of an action research process was conducted to study how the City of Tampere in Finland aimed to overcome...

... of the collaboration technology. Design/methodology/approach – Two theoretical frameworks (social representations and sociomaterial practice perspective) examine collaboration technology use to better understand the underlying dynamics. The research is conducted as a case study in a US company where...

... be measured in terms of their impact on KM? Design/methodology/approach – This paper presents a case study that describes how Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are used to monitor and manage the applications of social technologies, which include many tools facilitating the participation...