◇ SPENDER, JC. 2014 - (Lin) A multi-stage analysis of antecedents and consequences of knowledge management evolution. 2014 - (Arend et al) Explaining post-IPO venture performance through a knowledge-based view typology. 2014 - (Pathak et) moderating effects of knowledge characteristics of firms on the financial value of innovative technology. Abstract The development of innovative technology products is both costly and risky, and their economic value is highly uncertain. Based on a sample of 312 innovative technology products introduced between 1987 and 2006 in the U.S. and a long-horizon event study with control firms, we study the impact of innovative technology products on the long-term financial performance of a firm. In particular, we examine how the knowledge characteristics of the firm, which embrace its knowledge absorptive capacity, knowledge impact, and knowledge diversity, moderate such an impact.
We find that on average an innovative technology product increases the firm's return on assets (ROA) (relative to control firms) by 2.18% in the second year after product introduction. However, the value of an innovative technology product varies with the knowledge characteristics of the firm that invented it.
Keywords Copyright © 2013 Elsevier B.V. 2014 - (Real et al) Entrepreneurial Orientation and Learning Orientation to Business Performance. 2014 - (Yang et al) Knowledge exchange and knowledge protection in interorganizational learning: The ambidexterity perspective. Volume 43, Issue 2, February 2014, Pages 346–358 Special Issue on Co-opetition Cooperation and Competition Edited By Maria Bengtsson and Sören Kock Highlights We extend the concept of organizational ambidexterity to the context of interorganizational learning.
Experience sharing and shared interpretation are positively associated with knowledge exchange success. Hostage arrangement enhances the level of knowledge protection. Ambidexterity (the product term of knowledge exchange success and knowledge protection) significantly affects performance. Abstract Are knowledge exchange and knowledge protection conflicting or complementary? Keywords Knowledge exchange; Knowledge protection; Interorganizational learning; Ambidexterity Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. Shu-Mi Yang is an assistant professor in the Department of Marketing Management at Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology in Taiwan. 2014 - (Erhardt & Gibbs) The Dialectical Nature of Impression Management in Knowledge Work.
Unpacking Tensions in Media Use Between Managers and Subordinates Niclas Erhardt, Maine Business School, University of Maine, 5723 D.P. Corbett Business Building, Orono, ME 04469-5723, USA. Email: Niclas.Erhardt@Maine.edu Authors’ Note Both authors contributed equally to this study. Abstract The stage on which impressions are managed is no longer purely a physical one but is increasingly mediated by various communication technologies that offer different affordances.
This study examines the interplay of media affordances, impression management, and dialectical tensions in relationships between managers and their subordinates. Based on 91 semi-structured interviews and observations from six project teams operating in the consumer health, insurance, and engineering industries located in Sweden and the United States, we identify and explore three sets of impression management tactics. Article Notes © The Author(s) 2014. 2013 - (Jiang et al) Managing knowledge leakage in strategic alliances: The effects of trust and formal contracts. Volume 42, Issue 6, August 2013, Pages 983–991 Maximizing Buyer-Supplier Relationships in the Digital Era Edited By Richard Lancioni and Michael Obal Highlights Knowledge leakage is a second-order construct that comprises distinct but related dimensions. Moderate goodwill trust is effective in curbing knowledge leakage. Competence trust is an effective mechanism in protecting private knowledge. Goodwill trust and competence trust interact with formal contracts in distinctive ways to influence knowledge leakage.
Abstract Although strategic alliances offer opportunities for knowledge sharing and leveraging, they also carry the risk of knowledge leakage to partner firms. Keywords Strategic alliances; Knowledge leakage; Goodwill trust; Competence trust; Formal contracts Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. Dr. Mei Li is a PhD student at the School of Management, Xi'an Jiaotong University. Dr. Dr. Feifei Jiang is a PhD student at the School of Management, Xi'an Jiaotong University. 2013 - (Spina et al) Past, present and future trends of purchasing and supply management: An extensive literature review. Highlights We run a broad and systematic overview of purchasing and supply management (PSM) literature We provide insights in terms of overall production, background theory, unit of analysis, research method, and main topics We evaluate the maturity of the discipline Abstract This research aims to evaluate the state of the art of Purchasing and Supply Management (PSM). This is carried out through a wide, in-depth, and structured examination of published works.
More than one thousand papers (i.e., 1055) published in 20 peer-reviewed journals were collected and analyzed to provide a snapshot of PSM research, including the extent of the overall production, the background theory used, the unit of analysis, the research method, and the main topics investigated. Keywords Purchasing and supply management; Literature review Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. Gianluca Spina is a Full Professor of Management and Supply Chain Management at the School of Management of Politecnico di Milano. 2013 - (Reihlen & Ringberg) Uncertainty, pluralism, and the knowledge-based theory of the firm. Highlights We reconstruct J. -C. Spender’s award winning knowledge-based theory of the firm. We critically examine his main assumptions inspired by social constructionism. As an alternative, we outline a socio-cognitive theory of the firm.
Abstract J. Keywords Knowledge-based approach; Theory of the firm; Knowledge transfer; Social constructionism; Tacit knowledge; Socio-cognitive theory; Intuition; Mental models. 2012 - (Kuhn) Theorizing Organization. Thought Leadership From Organizational Communication for Theorizing Organization Timothy Kuhn1 Timothy Kuhn, Department of Communication, University of Colorado Boulder, 270 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0270, USA Email: tim.kuhn@colorado.edu Author’s Note An earlier version of this article was presented at the Organization as Communication Network meeting in Berlin in July 2011. Abstract Scholars of organization tend to apportion organizational phenomena into two distinct levels: micro and macro.
In organization studies, efforts to overcome the problems resulting from the micro-macro split focus on locating appropriate microfoundations or engaging in multilevel theorizing, but these approaches ultimately reinforce rather than transcend the divide. Article Notes Declaration of Conflicting Interests The author declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. . © The Author(s) 2012. 2012 - (Feng et al) Customer orientation for decreasing time-to-market of new products: IT implementation as a complementary. Abstract To extend new product development (NPD) research, this study proposes and tests a theory of complementarities between information technology (IT) implementation and customer orientation. In addition, this study provides a fine-grained analysis of associations between various aspects of customer orientation and time-to-market of new products.
The data comes from 176 manufacturing companies in China. This study tests the hypotheses that three dimensions of customer orientation shorten time-to-market of new products, and IT implementation moderates the relationship between customer orientation and time-to-market of new products. Highlights Keywords Customer orientation; Complementary asset; IT implementation; Time-to-market; New product development Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Inc. Taiwen Feng is a PhD candidate in School of Management Xi'an Jiaotong University, China. Linyan Sun is a professor in School of Management Xi'an Jiaotong University, China.
Amrik S. Knowledge-based theory of the firm. The knowledge-based theory of the firm considers knowledge as the most strategically significant resource of a firm. Its proponents argue that because knowledge-based resources are usually difficult to imitate and socially complex, heterogeneous knowledge bases and capabilities among firms are the major determinants of sustained competitive advantage and superior corporate performance. This knowledge is embedded and carried through multiple entities including organizational culture and identity, policies, routines, documents, systems, and employees. Originating from the strategic management literature, this perspective builds upon and extends the resource-based view of the firm (RBV) initially promoted by Penrose (1959) and later expanded by others (Wernerfelt 1984, Barney 1991, Conner 1991).
Whether or not the Knowledge-based theory of the firm actually constitutes a theory has been the subject of considerable debate. See also[edit] References[edit] Alavi, M.; Leidner, D.E.