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- Aggestam, Lena
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Knowledge Leakage when SMEs Participate in Supply Chains : What Is It About and How Can It Occur?
- 2016
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Ingår i: International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science (IJKSS). - : IGI Global. - 1947-8208. ; 7:3, s. 30-45
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The advantages of sharing knowledge when participating in a Supply Chain (SC) are well established in the literature, but the challenge of knowledge leakage, and how to manage it, is still in its infancy. In order to increase the understanding of knowledge leakage, when SMEs participate in SCs, this study describes types of knowledge that may leak away, how they are valued, and how knowledge leakage can occur. The result includes two frameworks that also have shown to be potentially useful for examining the maturity of a specific SME with regard to knowledge leakages when participating in the SC.
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- Durst, Susanne, et al.
(författare)
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Understanding knowledge leakage : a review of previous studies
- 2015
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Ingår i: Vine. - : Emerald Group Publishing Limited. - 0305-5728 .- 1474-1032. ; 45:4, s. 568-586
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Forskningsöversikt (refereegranskat)abstract
- Purpose – This paper aims to review research on the topic of knowledge leakage to establish the current body of knowledge and, on this basis, to suggest some promising avenues for future research.Design/methodology/approach – The study consists of a systematic review of 57 refereed empirical articles on knowledge leakage.Findings – The findings contribute to a more holistic view of the topic and complement the study of knowledge management. Additionally, a conceptual framework is proposed that aims at guiding and informing future research activities.Research limitations/implications – This study may not have enabled a complete coverage of all empirical articles in the field of knowledge leakage. Yet, based on the chosen research methodology, it seems reasonable to assume that the review process covered a large share of studies available.Originality/value – To the best of the authors’ knowledge, no systematic literature review on knowledge leakage has previously been published in academic journals.
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- Durst, Susanne, et al.
(författare)
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Using IT-Supported Knowledge Repositories for Succession Planning in SMEs : How to Deal with Knowledge Loss?
- 2016
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Ingår i: Handbook of Research on Human Resources Strategies for the New Millennial Workforce. - : IGI Global. - 9781522509486 - 1522509488 - 9781522509493 ; , s. 393-406
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In the context of succession planning a huge number of critical knowledge can be at risk. This challenges smaller firms in particular. Based upon this, the chapter intends to highlight the contribution of IT-supported repositories to small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) succession planning as a promising approach to better cope with the risk of knowledge loss. More precisely, the aim of this chapter is to analyze different types of knowledge loss in the capture process with SME succession planning to demonstrate the potentials and deficiencies with IT-supported knowledge repositories. The findings presented in this chapter will hopefully contribute to a better understanding of how to deal with knowledge loss in the capture process when using IT-supported knowledge repositories for SME succession planning.
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- Gudfinnsson, Kristens, et al.
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Tackling Lack of Motivation in Aspirational Analytics Companies : SME Examples from the Manufacturing Industry
- 2019
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Ingår i: International Journal of Business Intelligence Research. - : IGI Global. - 1947-3591 .- 1947-3605. ; 10:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Establishing business intelligence analytics (BIA) in small- and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises is a pervasive problem. SME’s - the majority of businesses - play an important role in creating jobs, but research is primarily focused on large corporations. The authors worked with small manufacturing companies at the aspirational capability level but found that their motivation to introduce BIA was low. They had many business challenges but perceived the obstacles (primarily cost and effort) as too great, and their priorities were with operational issues. A two-phase approach based on a well-known analytics maturity model was devised to help raise company motivation. The article describes three studies in different companies using variations of the approach. Comparative analysis of the cases shows that demonstrating a clear path to improved functional efficiency is key to improving motivation, and that simple, easy to learn tools can provide these insights at little cost.
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- van Laere, Joeri, 1974-, et al.
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Understanding champion behaviour in a health-care information system development project – how multiple champions and champion behaviours build a coherent whole
- 2016
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Ingår i: European Journal of Information Systems. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0960-085X .- 1476-9344. ; 25:1, s. 47-63
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Champions are commonly suggested as a means of promoting the adoption of information systems. Since there are many different definitions of the concepts of champion and champion behaviour in the literature, practitioners and researchers may be confused about how to exactly use these concepts. A qualitative analysis of a single case study in a Swedish health-care organisation enabled us to explain how different champion behaviours relate to each other and how multiple champions interact. Combining our rich case observations with an analysis of champion literature reveals how champion behaviours form a coherent and meaningful whole in which networks of different types of champions at different levels in an organisation utilise their network of relations, their knowledge of the organisation and their insight into strategic decision-making politics to time and orchestrate the framing of innovations and the involvement of the right people. In conclusion, championing is a complex performance of contextually dependent collective social interaction, varying over time, rather than a heroic act of one individual promoting an idea. Future studies need to focus more on how the relations between different champions and their behaviours develop across innovations and over time, in order to develop a richer understanding of championing.
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