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In a scenario in which organizations have an increasing amount of data, information and knowledge, which translates into the distinctive elements of an organization, it is increasingly necessary to combine technologies with the needs of companies to organize and structure different knowledge. Data, information and knowledge are fundamental and differentiating factors in achieving a competitive advantage,...
Competitive advantage is the phrase of the day and manufacturing firms only have three things to compete with: people, processes and technology. All firms have similar access to all of these. Therefore the only things that can differentiate a firm or give a firm the competitive advantage are how they extract value from their people's competencies and capabilities. Nonaka (1991) argues that the only...
This study compared the business strategies of the TFT-LCD companies in Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea and found that the Japanese companies emphasized PDP technology and are trying to develop a substitute for TFT-LCD technology. In addition, the value added activities of Japan's TFT-LCD companies focused on developing the brands and the R&D activities of key TFT-LCD technologies and on shifting...
Among the most dynamic and spirited businesses in the contemporary world, software (SW) industry takes the lead. Being an engineering discipline, it requires intelligence of skilled workers and the practice of complex processes. The rapid change of technologies and user requirements leave the software development companies with a great risk on a ground where many are rivals. This atmosphere is less...
Through the integration of the existing theories of marketing capability, this paper discusses the elevating strategy of marketing capability based on the perspective of knowledge management. This paper argues that a company should establish its effective mechanism to gain and create knowledge, build its well platform which is beneficial to knowledge dissemination, promote the knowledge share within...
Drawing on knowledge management and organizational learning, we address how tacitness and explicitness of the knowledge acquired from one's partner affect the way communication mechanisms help build the firm's absorptive capacity. We also examine the different roles the two absorptive capacity subsets play in the development of firms' competitive advantage when knowledge types vary. With a sample...
In today's highly dynamic business environment, knowledge creation is the key source of innovation and competitive advantage. Although the unpredictability of creativity makes it difficult to plan for, it is still possible to facilitate knowledge creation given that we understand the knowledge-creating mechanism. In this paper, we first analyzed the feature of knowledge creation which indicates that...
Knowledge recognized as a valuable resource will behove organizations to develop a mechanism for tapping into the collective intelligence and skills of employees aimed at creating a greater organizational knowledge base. There is no doubt that knowledge as a decisive factor affecting an organization's ability to gain competitive advantage. Therefore, given the importance of knowledge management, there...
While it is well known that knowledge sharing is essential for organization to maintain competitive advantage. This study is to examine the impact of several key factors that may affect knowledge sharing within project teams in China. By surveying managerial employees from different project teams in the construction sector, this study shows that both intrinsically and extrinsically motivated individuals...
Nowadays, the drives of every company to outlive, surpass, and outsmart all other companies and competitors has driven both employees and organizations to continuously search for new ideas, new processes of work, products and services, innovation, knowledge creation and new strategies in order to adapt, survive and grow in the rapidly changing business environment and create wealth. Companies are...
Traditional organizations were not structured to knowledge management. The reward systems in these organizations were not designed to support organizational behavior which knowledge-based approaches to competitive advantage required. Analyzing the job-based pay, skill-based pay and performance-based pay, this paper discussed the advantages, disadvantages and the adaptability of them in knowledge-based...
The current tougher competition has established the leading role of knowledge as the capital in order to gain competitive advantage. Knowledge has become significant resources to the company to innovate continuously. Knowledge is embedded in the employees and created by the employees as well; therefore, the companies' ability to innovate will depend on its employee's knowledge sharing behavior and...
This paper is aimed to search for approaches for information technology (IT) applications and knowledge management (KM) for enterprises to obtain competitive advantage. Based on the analyses of IT and KM for competitive advantage, it proposes an IT-based KM framework for enterprises to obtain competitive advantage.
Knowledge has been widely recognised as a determinant of business performance. Business capabilities require an effective share of resource and knowledge. Specifically, knowledge sharing (KS) between different companies and departments can improve manufacturing processes since intangible knowledge plays an essential role in achieving competitive advantage. This paper presents a mixed method research...
As a business environment rapidly changes, closer connected activities have been involved in the buyer-supplier relationship. Supply chain management is effective in integrating the production, operational, or strategic activities in buyer-seller relationships. The investigation of supply chain integrated performance aims to efficiently and efficiently satisfies customer needs and enhances customer...
It is essential in an IT corporation to improve competitive advantage and increase organizational performance. Employees are a key factor of companypsilas success. Rough sets analysis can support us in dealing with human resource and customer relationship, as well as in recognizing what employeespsila characteristic is influential in building relationship with customers. Rough sets theory is a different...
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