A strategic management framework for leveraging knowledge assets

Author: Mentzas, Gregoris

Source: International Journal of Innovation and Learning, Volume 1, Number 2, 2 December 2003 , pp. 115-142(28)

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Abstract:

The management of organisational knowledge can be a key lever for improving performance, boosting productivity and creativity and facilitating innovation in corporate settings. The commonly used approaches for managing knowledge follow one of two perspectives: the process-centric (a primarily people-based approach that treats knowledge management as a social communication process) and a product-centric approach (mostly content-based and focuses on knowledge-related artefacts). This paper presents a strategic management framework that is knowledge asset-based and attempts to fuse these two approaches in a balanced manner. The framework builds upon and extends the resource-based view of the firm by explicitly treating knowledge assets as the main driver for innovation and learning, and by consistently examining the links of knowledge assets with all the main components of a strategic approach.

Keywords: MANAGEMENT JOURNALS; Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SMEs; EDUCATION AND LEARNING JOURNALS; Learning and Human Resources Development

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJIL.2004.003715

Affiliations: 1: National Technical University of Athens, 9, Iroon Politexniou Str., 15780 Zografou, Greece

Publication date: 2003-12-02

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