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@article{Wong2004CharacterizingKM, title={Characterizing knowledge management in the small business environment}, author={K. Wong and Elaine Aspinwall}, journal={J. Knowl. Manag.}, year={2004}, volume={8}, pages={44-61}, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:27581655}}
  • K. Wong, E. Aspinwall
  • Published in Journal of Knowledge… 1 June 2004
  • Business

The characteristics of small businesses are looked at, their advantages and disadvantages, their strengths and weaknesses, and their key problems and issues, all associated with KM.

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    Business

    J. Inf. Knowl. Manag.

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    Business

  • 2013
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    V. AlexandruA. Andrei M. Zięba

    Business

  • 2018

Purpose –There is evidence that small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) do not manage knowledge the same way as large firms, and that they approach knowledge management (KM) in various ways.

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Knowledge management system performance measure index
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    Business, Computer Science

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It is easy to find small companies adopting an emergent approach to KM: in the analysed cases there were no formal KM plans, despite the fact that they have all introduced various KM practices, which shows that there can be the need to define KM approaches that better fit smaller companies.

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For last few decades, knowledge management (KM) has emerged as the widely discussed and researched phenomenon around the globe, but it been a challenging phenomenon as all organizations are trying to

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    D.C.Y. LimJ. Klobas

    Business, Computer Science

    Electron. Libr.

  • 2000

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Both intellectual capital and the management of knowledge are strongly emerging themes in today’s organisational world. Many authors and practitioners note that the emerging patterns are that

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    Business

  • 2000

Knowledge is the fundamental basis of competition. Although the study of knowledge is as old as human history, it has only been recognized in the last decade as a crucial element of the industrial

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Knowledge Management: An Introduction and Perspective
    K. Wiig

    Business

    J. Knowl. Manag.

  • 1997

With knowledge as the major driving force behind the “economics of ideas”, the authors can expect that the emphasis on knowledge creation, development, organization and leverage will continue to be the prime focus for improving society.

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    Business, Computer Science

  • 2002

Knowledge management provides private-sector and government organizations alike with the ability to anticipate and adapt to unpredictable change quickly and appropriately, and supports organizational risk-mitigation initiatives.

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A resource-based view of organizational knowledge management systems
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    Business, Economics

    J. Knowl. Manag.

  • 2000

The findings indicate that, for a firm to reap long‐term strategic benefit from OKMS, it should adapt the broader socio‐technical view when developing, implementing and managing its OKMS.

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    Business, Economics

  • 1997

Notes a broad agreement that small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) fulfil a critical role in modern economies, and therefore their ability to survive, remain competitive and produce high quality

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    Business

    J. Knowl. Manag.

  • 2001

The results indicate that KM is understanding and implementation is developing in the large organisation sector and knowledge is recognised as having both scientific and social elements, however, the SME sector was less advanced with a mechanistic approach to knowledge and a lack of investment in KM approaches and systems.

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Questions in knowledge management: defining and conceptualising a phenomenon
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    Business

    J. Knowl. Manag.

  • 1999

Consultants and managers should ask themselves strategic, organisational and instrumental questions regarding knowledge management to stay competitive in a highly dynamic and changing world.

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Managing organizational knowledge as a strategic asset
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    Business, Economics

    J. Knowl. Manag.

  • 2001

This paper will combine RBV theory with characteristics of knowledge to show that organizational knowledge is a strategic asset and explain practical considerations for implementation of knowledge management principles.

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