Knowledge Management and Knowledge Sharing

This book contains a collection of chapters that provide new insights into traditional paradigms, approaches, and methods, as well as more recent innovative studies in knowledge management. It investigates the historical root of such interaction and how it evolved over time. The book examines the ability of an organization to recognize the value of new external information and knowledge, assimilate and apply them, which plays a critical role in determining innovative output. It introduces and highlights the importance of knowledge-sharing performance. In particular, it analyzes the knowledge-sharing process and its impact on the innovation capability and innovation performance of the firms. The book is an interesting read for both researchers and practitioners in this field.

Addresses knowledge management issues in various economic sectors Contains both theoretical aspects and empirical case studies Explains why knowledge management is vital to competitive advantage

Autorentext

Marco Valeri is Associate Professor in Organizational Behavior, Faculty of Economics at Niccolò Cusano University, Rome (Italy). He is a Lecture in Applied Organizational Behaviour, Xenophon College, London (UK). He is Adjunct Professor at Faculty of Social Sciences and Leisure Management, School of Hospitality, Tourism and Events, Taylor's University, Subang Jaya 47500 (Malaysia). He is Associate Researcher in Strategy, Magellan Research Center, School of Management, Iaelyon Business School, Jean Monet University, Lyon (France). He is Honorary Associate Professor, University of Pannonia (Hungary). His teaching and consultancy fields include strategic management, leadership development, cross-cultural management, international hospitality management. His research areas include strategy implementation, knowledge management, family business, crisis management, information technology, network analysis. He chaired/co-chaired and served on numerous PhD dissertation and master thesis committees. He has a long and extensive international academic experience and has taken visiting positions in several universities. He is a member of several Editorial Boards of international journals, a reviewer and editor of several handbooks on entrepreneurship, organization science, tourism, and hospitality management (Springer and Emerald).

Inhalt

Evolution of Research in Knowledge Management & Competitive Advantage.- Formalizing knowledge management in KIBS.- Assessing the origins, evolution and prospects of the literature on Knowledge Management: A bibliometric analysis.- Historical Root of Knowledge Management: A Bibliographic Review.- Fostering Organizational Image: the direct roles of Big Data Analytics, Radical Innovation and Incremental Innovation Capabilities.- Place knowledge management in promoting gastronomic tourism and regional development: a case study applied to the Lampreia Festival in Portugal.- Application of Knowledge Management in Tourism and Hospitality Industry: A Sustainable Approach.- Exploring the role of organizational learning and knowledge management in the acceleration of current small business's digital transformation.- Safety and security knowledge management.- A multidimensional model for implementing knowledge management in an enterprise to increaseemployee motivation and enterprise's competitiveness.- Repatriate's knowledge transfer: Antecedents of knowledge transfer, transfer process, knowledge absorption and consequences.