Knowledge management, absorptive capacity and organisational culture: a case study from Chinese SMEs

Knowledge management, absorptive capacity and organisational culture: a case study from Chinese SMEs

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Article ID: iaor20097079
Country: United Kingdom
Volume: 2
Issue: 3
Start Page Number: 371
End Page Number: 381
Publication Date: Jun 2008
Journal: International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies
Authors: ,
Keywords: organization
Abstract:

Based on the analysis of an innovative medium sized enterprise from mainland China, this paper investigated the Knowledge Management (KM) issues by focusing on its KM enablers and process. This paper attempts to investigate how Chinese enterprises absorb knowledge from external sources; how they developed culture to facilitate Knowledge Management Processes (KMPs) and what major challenges they raise for the future by looking at the case study of Chinese Small and Medium‐sized Enterprises (SMEs). The case study indicates that Chinese enterprises emphasised knowledge acquisition and the capacities of knowledge absorption, application, creation, sharing and integration as vital to sustaining competitive advantage for these firms. Corporative organisational culture also has significant impact on the KM in those enterprises.

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