...Aoife Cummins; Andrea Baumann; Benson Honig Purpose This paper aims to investigate how product design can support the translation of knowledge across cultural contexts. Design/methodology/approach This study adopted an instrumental case study design to explore how knowledge can be translated...

...Tachia Chin; T.C.E. Cheng; Chenhao Wang; Lei Huang Purpose Aiming to resolve cross-cultural paradoxes in combining artificial intelligence (AI) with human intelligence (HI) for international humanitarian logistics, this paper aims to adopt an unorthodox Yin–Yang dialectic approach to address how...

... environments in the new normal, this article aims to enrich the field of knowledge management developing a cross-cultural analysis for clarifying the role of knowledge in planning and urban ecosystems. Design/methodology/approach This paper is conceptual in nature. Based on a theoretical foundation built...

...Simona Arduini; Martina Manzo; Tommaso Beck Purpose This study aims to analyze how sustainability, through an efficient knowledge management (KM) system, can serve as a driving force with respect to corporate culture and reputation. The research questions that guided this study are mainly...

...Tachia Chin; Yi Shi; Rosa Palladino; Francesca Faggioni Purpose Cross-cultural cognitive paradoxes have frequently broken the existing boundaries of knowledge and stimulated demands for knowledge creation (KC), and such paradoxes have triggered and will continue to trigger novel risks...

...Tachia Chin; Jianwei Meng; Shouyang Wang; Yi Shi; Jianxin Zhang Purpose A serious global public health emergency (GPHE) like the COVID-19 aggravates the inequilibrium of medical care and other critical resources between wealthy and poor nations, which, coupled with the collision of cultures...

...Tachia Chin; Shouyang Wang; Chris Rowley Purpose This study aims to characterise an intricate, idiosyncratic knowledge-creating mechanism in the modern digital context of cross-cultural business models (CBM). From an integrative socio-cultural and philosophical perspective, the authors suggest...

... for enriching human resources. The findings indicated that five variables, namely, kind of knowledge, top managers, information technology, culture and organization of knowledge, have significant impact on enriching human resources. It is undoubtable that research studies might have specific limitations...

...Jing Hua Li; Xiao Ran Chang; Li Lin; Li Ya Ma Purpose – This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of the influencing factors on knowledge transfer through meta-analysis with an emphasis on the influence of cultural contexts. Design/methodology/approach – The approach...

... on Chinese organizations have taken place; however there is a lack of in‐depth critical studies which are culturally grounded and which focus on a particular aspect or domain of knowledge management in Chinese organizations, as opposed to applying western or Japanese knowledge management models and concepts...

...Gregorio Martín‐de Castro; Pedro López‐Sáez; Miriam Delgado‐Verde; Mario Javier Donate; Fátima Guadamillas Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze how organizational factors such as cultural values, leadership and human resource (HR) practices influence knowledge exploration...

...Eric Tsui; Jin Tong; Amit Mitra Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore national cultural influences on knowledge management (KM) practices within Chinese manufacturing enterprises. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative case study in four steps was conducted within...

...William R. King Purpose The aim of the paper is to provide a framework to enable firms and researchers to better understand and to test for the impact of various levels of culture on knowledge management practice and success. Design/methodology/approach The paper questions...

... was to hoard knowledge because of the competitive advantage that this would give them. The challenge now is to develop an organisational culture where sharing knowledge is the norm. In seeking ways to foster this culture managers are implementing incentive programmes in the belief that employees...

...Maria Sarabia Purpose The aim of this paper is to analyse leadership cycles based on knowledge creation, with learning and culture as key elements for reaching leadership. Following Ikujiro Nonaka's viewpoint about knowledge creation in Japanese firms, this paper seeks to provide a link...

...Alexandre Ardichvili; Martin Maurer; Wei Li; Tim Wentling; Reed Stuedemann Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore cultural factors influencing knowledge sharing strategies in virtual communities of practice. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative research design...