A Simple Knowledge Management Strategy Model for SMEs in Developing Countries
The area of knowledge management has been in the
highlight for enterprises over the past three decades. Many
enterprises would like to have knowledge management and work hard
to achieve it, however they are often confused about which direction
to take to be successful and this point is especially true for Small and
Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries. Many large
companies have realized that knowledge is one of the richest
resources which an organization possesses and knowledge
management is a part of the foundation for a sustainable competitive
advantage. Much work has been done in the area of knowledge
management, but most of it has served large enterprises. This
research provides a Model of knowledge management strategy for
SMEs. It is based on analysis, insights and recommendations and it is
presented so that SMEs in developing countries can easily understand
and implement this model.
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Business Review, November-December, 96-104.
[2] Gold, Andrew H., Malhotra, Arvind .and Segars, Albert H. "Knowledge
Management: An Organizational Capabilities Perspective." Journal of
Management Information Systems 18.1 (2001): 185-214. Print.
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Practice. In: Knowledge Management: Classic and Contemporary
Works. Daryl Morey, Mark Maybury and Bhavani Thuraisingham,
India: Universities Press, 2001.Print.
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Print.
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a Foundation for Knowledge Creation." California Management Review
40.3(1998): 40-54. Print.
[8] Wiig, K. Knowledge Management Foundations. Arlington, TX: Schema
Press, 1993. Print.
[9] Debowski, Shelde. Knowledge Management. Australia: John Wiley &
Sons Australia, Ltd, 2006. Print.
[10] Nonaka, Ikujiro. The Knowledge-Creating Company (Harvard Business
Review Classics). Boston: Harvard Business School Press, December
2008. Print.
[11] Rao, Madanmohan. Leading with knowledge: Knowledge Management
Practices in Global Infotech Companies. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill
Publishing Company. 2003. Print.
[12] Rothwell, R. Industrial Innovation: Success, Strategy, Trends. In:
Rothwell R and Dodgson, M (eds) The Handbook of Industrial
Innovation, Paperback 1996 edn. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar
Publishing Limited, 1994. Print.
[13] Nooteboom, B. "Diffusion, Uncertainty and Firm Size." International
Journal of Research in Marketing 6 (1989): 109-128. Print.
[14] Kraaijenbrink, Jeroen., Faran, Dorn., and Hauptman, Aharon.
"Knowledge Integration by SMEs-Framework." Knowledge Integration:
The Practice of Knowledge Management in Small and Medium
Enterprises. Eds. Jetter, Anotonie. Germany: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg,
2006.
[15] Kraaijenbrink, Jeroen., Groen, Aard. and Wijnhoven, Fons.
"Knowledge
[16] Integration by SMEs-Practice." Knowledge Integration: The Practice of
[17] Knowledge Management in Small and Medium Enterprises. Eds. Jetter,
[18] Anotonie. Germany: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg, 2006.
[19] Wexler, Mark N. "The who, what and why of knowledge mapping."
Journal of Knowledge Management 5.3 (2001): 249-264. Print.
[20] Jetter, Antonie. "Codification - Knowledge Maps." "Knowledge
Integration by SMEs-Practice." Knowledge Integration: The Practice of
Knowledge Management in Small and Medium Enterprises. Eds. Jetter,
Anotonie. Germany: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg, 2006.
[21] Weick, KE. Cartographic Myths in Organization. In: Huff AS (ed)
Mapping Strategic Thought. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 1990.
Print.
[22] Nonaka, Ikujiro., and Konno, Noboru. "The Concept of "Ba" Building a
[23] Foundation for Knowledge Creation." California Management Review
40.3 (1998): 40-54. Print..
[1] G. Nonaka, I. (1991). The Knowledge-Creating Company, Harvard
Business Review, November-December, 96-104.
[2] Gold, Andrew H., Malhotra, Arvind .and Segars, Albert H. "Knowledge
Management: An Organizational Capabilities Perspective." Journal of
Management Information Systems 18.1 (2001): 185-214. Print.
[3] Wiig, Karl M. "The knowledge." Inside Knowledge 6.2 (25
[4] September.2002)Web.
<http://www.ikmagazine.com/xq/asp/sid.0/articleid.FD0C4391-F53F-
4F27-8B45-CE89C7EEC7D/e
Title.The_knowledge_Karl_Wiig/qx/display.htm>.
[5] Reinhardt, Rudiger, Knowledge Management: Linking Theory to
Practice. In: Knowledge Management: Classic and Contemporary
Works. Daryl Morey, Mark Maybury and Bhavani Thuraisingham,
India: Universities Press, 2001.Print.
[6] Warier, E Sudhir. Knowledge Management. New Delhi: Vikas, (2007).
Print.
[7] Nonaka, Ikujiro., and Konno, Noboru. "The Concept of "Ba" Building
a Foundation for Knowledge Creation." California Management Review
40.3(1998): 40-54. Print.
[8] Wiig, K. Knowledge Management Foundations. Arlington, TX: Schema
Press, 1993. Print.
[9] Debowski, Shelde. Knowledge Management. Australia: John Wiley &
Sons Australia, Ltd, 2006. Print.
[10] Nonaka, Ikujiro. The Knowledge-Creating Company (Harvard Business
Review Classics). Boston: Harvard Business School Press, December
2008. Print.
[11] Rao, Madanmohan. Leading with knowledge: Knowledge Management
Practices in Global Infotech Companies. New Delhi: Tata McGraw-Hill
Publishing Company. 2003. Print.
[12] Rothwell, R. Industrial Innovation: Success, Strategy, Trends. In:
Rothwell R and Dodgson, M (eds) The Handbook of Industrial
Innovation, Paperback 1996 edn. United Kingdom: Edward Elgar
Publishing Limited, 1994. Print.
[13] Nooteboom, B. "Diffusion, Uncertainty and Firm Size." International
Journal of Research in Marketing 6 (1989): 109-128. Print.
[14] Kraaijenbrink, Jeroen., Faran, Dorn., and Hauptman, Aharon.
"Knowledge Integration by SMEs-Framework." Knowledge Integration:
The Practice of Knowledge Management in Small and Medium
Enterprises. Eds. Jetter, Anotonie. Germany: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg,
2006.
[15] Kraaijenbrink, Jeroen., Groen, Aard. and Wijnhoven, Fons.
"Knowledge
[16] Integration by SMEs-Practice." Knowledge Integration: The Practice of
[17] Knowledge Management in Small and Medium Enterprises. Eds. Jetter,
[18] Anotonie. Germany: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg, 2006.
[19] Wexler, Mark N. "The who, what and why of knowledge mapping."
Journal of Knowledge Management 5.3 (2001): 249-264. Print.
[20] Jetter, Antonie. "Codification - Knowledge Maps." "Knowledge
Integration by SMEs-Practice." Knowledge Integration: The Practice of
Knowledge Management in Small and Medium Enterprises. Eds. Jetter,
Anotonie. Germany: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg, 2006.
[21] Weick, KE. Cartographic Myths in Organization. In: Huff AS (ed)
Mapping Strategic Thought. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 1990.
Print.
[22] Nonaka, Ikujiro., and Konno, Noboru. "The Concept of "Ba" Building a
[23] Foundation for Knowledge Creation." California Management Review
40.3 (1998): 40-54. Print..
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highlight for enterprises over the past three decades. Many
enterprises would like to have knowledge management and work hard
to achieve it, however they are often confused about which direction
to take to be successful and this point is especially true for Small and
Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries. Many large
companies have realized that knowledge is one of the richest
resources which an organization possesses and knowledge
management is a part of the foundation for a sustainable competitive
advantage. Much work has been done in the area of knowledge
management, but most of it has served large enterprises. This
research provides a Model of knowledge management strategy for
SMEs. It is based on analysis, insights and recommendations and it is
presented so that SMEs in developing countries can easily understand
and implement this model.", keywords = "Competitive advantage, Developing Country,
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