Journal of Knowledge Management: Volume 21 Issue 3

Business analytics-enabled decision-making effectiveness through knowledge absorptive capacity in health care

Yichuan Wang, Terry Anthony Byrd

Drawing on the resource-based theory and dynamic capability view, this paper aims to examine the mechanisms by which business analytics (BA) capabilities (i.e. the effective use…

How MNC’s subsidiaries may improve their innovative performance? The role of external sources and knowledge management capabilities

Alberto Ferraris, Gabriele Santoro, Luca Dezi

This paper aims at exploring the effect of knowledge management (KM) practices on the relationship between external research and development (R&D) and innovative performance. The…

On the path towards open innovation: assessing the role of knowledge management capability and environmental dynamism in SMEs

Isabel Martinez-Conesa, Pedro Soto-Acosta, Elias George Carayannis

This study aims to shed light on the internal and external antecedents of open innovation (OI) in the context of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), with a special focus…

Reconfiguring the firm’s core technological portfolio through open innovation: focusing on technological M&A

Seungryul Ryan Shin, John Han, Klaus Marhold, Jina Kang

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of open innovation, especially focusing on technological M&A, on subsequent innovation and changes to the firm’s core…

A two-sided matching decision method for supply and demand of technological knowledge

Yong Liu, Kevin W. Li

The purpose of this paper is to propose a novel prospect-based two-sided matching decision model for matching supply and demand of technological knowledge assisted by a broker…

Teams and lead creators in cultural and creative industries: evidence from the Italian haute cuisine

Tommaso Savino, Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli, Vito Albino

Into cultural and creative industries, the innovation is increasingly realized by a lead creator which is supported by a specific team. Hence, this paper aims to understand the…

Big data investments in knowledge and non-knowledge intensive firms: what the market tells us

Tingting Zhang, William Yu Chung Wang, David J. Pauleen

This paper aims to investigate the value of big data investments by examining the market reaction to company announcements of big data investments and tests the effect for firms…

Knowledge-driven preferences in informal inbound open innovation modes. An explorative view on small to medium enterprises

Veronica Scuotto, Manlio Del Giudice, Stefano Bresciani, Dirk Meissner

This paper aims to investigate three key factors (i.e. cognitive dimensions, the knowledge-driven approach and absorptive capacity) that are likely to determine the preference for…

Open innovation search in manufacturing firms: the role of organizational slack and absorptive capacity

Yueqi Wang, Bin Guo, Yanjie Yin

The purpose of this study is to explore organizational factors that act as antecedents of open innovation search. The authors aim to empirically examine whether the extent to…

Global ranking of knowledge management and intellectual capital academic journals: 2017 update

Alexander Serenko, Nick Bontis

The purpose of this study is to update a global ranking of 27 knowledge management and intellectual capital (KM/IC) academic journals.