Emergent approach to knowledge management by small companies: multiple case-study research

Zięba, Małgorzata; Bolisani, Ettore; Scarso, Enrico

doi:10.1108/jkm-07-2015-0271

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“…Selection of the organization for research was guided by the following premises. First of all, the organization should be large, since large organizations usually have richer experience in knowledge management than small and medium enterprises (Hutchinson and Quintas, 2008;Durst and Runar, 2012;Zieba et al, 2016). In the European Union, large enterprises are those that employ at least 250 employees.…”

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Trust, knowledge sharing, and innovative work behavior: empirical evidence from Poland

Kmieciak

2020

EJIM

104

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to assess the effects of two types of trust (vertical and horizontal trust) on knowledge sharing (knowledge donating and knowledge collecting) and the impact of knowledge sharing on innovative work behavior (idea generation and idea realization). The study also explores the mediating role of knowledge sharing.Design/methodology/approachPartial least squares path modeling and data collected from 252 participants at one large Polish capital group were used to test the research hypotheses.FindingsThe results showed that both vertical trust and horizontal trust are positively related to knowledge donating and knowledge collecting. Contrary to knowledge collecting, knowledge donating is significantly related to idea generation, which is highly correlated with idea realization. There is no direct relation between knowledge sharing behavior and idea realization. Knowledge donating mediates the relationship between vertical trust and idea generation.Research limitations/implicationsSelf-reports and the cross-sectional nature of the data collection are the main limitations of this study.Practical implicationsThe results allow managers to better understand what factors and processes contribute to greater employee innovativeness.Originality/valueTo the best of the author's knowledge, the study is the first to examine the relationships among vertical trust, horizontal trust, knowledge donating, knowledge collecting, idea generation and idea realization in an integrated way. This paper answered the questions (1) which type of trust is more important for knowledge sharing, and (2) which type of knowledge sharing behavior is more important for innovative work behavior. This paper investigated whether differences in the strength of relationships between constructs are significant.

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Trust, knowledge sharing, and innovative work behavior: empirical evidence from Poland

Kmieciak

2020

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104

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“…The first pillar of an information flow is a survey of consumer data. Such activity is carried out under the management of commercial manager through feedback received from employees of the area, also including the sales results via ERP system considered not to be fully integrated into the PDP, by the lack of that manager's concern to store and record such information (see Table 2), which corroborates the statement by [25], that the Knowledge Management (KM) in small and medium-sized companies is guided by a lack of planning and informality.…”

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Informational Flow Model: A case study in the textile and confection sector

Cunico¹,

Junior²

2020

IJAERS

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Consumer-oriented companies are pressured to seek for constant innovations in short term for product launches. Thus, to become competitive, they use processes and tools that can qualify information for decision making. The objective of this study is to apply a reference model of information flow in small company in the textile and confection sector, to increase the responsiveness to product development teams and the commercial area. The methodological approach is qualitative, developed through the case study, characterizing it as of an applied nature. The results suggest the importance of seeking greater alignment of the commercial and marketing teams in product planning, providing a more comprehensive view of the activities and information channels that guide each element of Product Planning and Development (PPD).

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“…Even though there is abundant literature for the implementation available and knowledge management methods and tools are widespread in industry (Zieba et al, 2016), it can be observed that there is still inefficient reuse of available knowledge in engineering design of many organizations. Carro Saavedra & Lindemann (2017) conclude that the reasons for the insufficient knowledge reuse may be various and often unclear.…”

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A Model-Based Approach to Identify Barriers in Design Knowledge Reuse

Jordan

Bender

Herzog

et al. 2019

Proc. Int. Conf. Eng. Des.

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Today, information and knowledge as competitive factors influence the success of companies as much as traditional production factors like human resources or physical capital. However, the reuse of design knowledge still represents a major challenge for engineering organizations. That is, because barriers exist hindering a successful knowledge reuse. On the basis of a literature review, the research depicted in this paper analyses the relation between single information conveying design knowledge and barriers hindering a successful knowledge reuse. Developing a model-based approach, we propose a micro logic containing three steps and underlying methods enabling practitioners to identify situation-specific barriers within their organization. We illustrate the industrial application of the approach in a case study at a mining machinery OEM.

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Emergent approach to knowledge management by small companies: multiple case-study research

Cited by 47 publications

References 53 publications

Trust, knowledge sharing, and innovative work behavior: empirical evidence from Poland

Trust, knowledge sharing, and innovative work behavior: empirical evidence from Poland

Informational Flow Model: A case study in the textile and confection sector

A Model-Based Approach to Identify Barriers in Design Knowledge Reuse

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