Knowledge Stickiness, Knowledge Management and their Impact on Firm Level Competitive Advantage

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  • John Lipinski Department of Management and Marketing Middle Tennessee State University, United States

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32890/ijms2012.19.2.1

Keywords:

Knowledge management, sticky knowledge, competitive advantage, tacit knowledge, explicit knowledge

Abstract

This paper explores the areas of Knowledge Stickiness and Knowledge Management. In doing so, it develops a set of propositions for considering the Stickiness of Knowledge as a construct to be used to understand the impact of knowledge management strategies and fi rm-level performance within a given industry. The result of this work builds on previous work in knowledge management and business strategy thus providing a research stream that looks at the relationship between a fi rm’s knowledge management strategy and how the fi rm views its boundaries with other fi rms in the industry.
 
Keywords: Knowledge management, sticky knowledge, competitive advantage, tacit knowledge, explicit knowledge.

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30-12-2012

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Vol. 19 No. 2 (2012): International Journal of Management Studies (IJMS) Vol. 19, No. 2 December 2012

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