...Kwaku Appietu-Ankrah; Ahmed Agyapong; Henry Kofi Mensah; Felicity Asiedu-Appiah Purpose This study underscores the critical importance of knowledge management (KM) in the context of small and medium entrepreneurial firms (SMEFs) that aim to leverage their organisational learning capability (OLC...

... Pickernell can be contacted at: dgpicker@glam.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Firm age Entrepreneurs Knowledge management External resources Enterprising individuals United Kingdom Business development Enterprise development Government policy Small businesses...

... the organization didn't previously have”. The particular characteristics of organisational learning are thus the result of the complexity of individual learning. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Entrepreneurialism Learning organizations Research Knowledge management...

...Petter Gottschalk; Jan Terje Karlsen Purpose To support knowledge work by lawyers, law firms have implemented knowledge management systems. This paper aims to present a stage model for knowledge management technology (KMT) in law firms. Design/methodology/approach The four stages are lawyer...

... competition have made knowledge management a key process for sustaining competitive advantages in dynamic environments (Nonaka and Takeuchi, 1995). Small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) competing in today's knowledge‐based economy are facing new strategic challenges as they need viable knowledge...

... to previous studies. Jeffrey W. Alstete can be contacted at: jalstete@iona.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Entrepreneurialism Small enterprises Business formation Knowledge management As entrepreneurship continues to grow as an academic discipline and career choice...

... at: Harry.Matlay@uce.ac.uk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Entrepreneurialism Education Graduates Entrepreneurs Knowledge management United Kingdom During the last two decades, entrepreneurship education has expanded significantly in most industrialised countries (Matlay and Carey...

... knowledge beyond that knowledge they themselves possess. Doing business is a multidisciplinary affair, and the model is divided into four main categories (Schneider, 1998 ; Widding, 2003; Sørheim et al., 2005) related to: Entrepreneurialism Knowledge management De Boer et al...

...S.C.L. Koh; S. Maguire This paper presents results on the extent to which e‐business and knowledge management approaches are being used by SMEs in the UK. The questionnaire survey and interview results identify the main issues that should concern SMEs if they want to prevail in the emerging...