Knowledge and Competitive Advantage: What CEOs Say and What Firms Do
CEOs do believe that knowledge can indeed heighten competitive advantage – particularly if that knowledge is of a certain kind. Preliminary findings from a study of Spanish firms, by IESE’s Rafael Andreu along with Joan Baiget and Agustí Canals, confirm this. Yet at the same time, the authors discover a paradox: the majority of the so-called “knowledge management initiatives” deployed by firms do not seem … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Agustí Canals, Joan Baiget, Rafael Andreu | Source: IESE Insight | Subject: Knowledge Management
Knowledge Integration Across Organizations: How Different Types of Knowledge Suggest Different Practices and Different ‘Integration Trajectories’
This paper establishes a framework for analyzing knowledge integration across organizations from a corporate standpoint, pinpointing the challenges of a firm wishing to effectively integrate knowledge among its business units to improve its efficiency as a unique firm and its effectiveness through a better competitive positioning. Typical examples are those of a firm whose divisions benefit from better knowledge sharing in specific areas, or of … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Rafael Andreu, Sandra Sieber | Source: IESE Insight | Subjects: Knowledge Management, Organizational Behavior