Journal of Knowledge Management: Volume 27 Issue 1

Guest editorial

Tachia Chin, Shouyang Wang, Chris Rowley

Unintended consequences of knowledge management during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021: the case of Netflix

Ingyu Oh, Li Fei, Chris Rowley

Unintended consequences of knowledge management (KM) can be harmful if they are calamitous. However, they can occasionally be advantageous during catastrophes. The purpose of this…

Simple but logical: risk knowledge design and its impact on engagement in online knowledge communities

Yiming Lu, Yi-Na Li, Jiuchang Wei

Online knowledge communities have emerged as crucial places for knowledge and risk management in the face of systemic risks. The vitality of online knowledge communities requires…

Unveiling the role of knowledge management capabilities in strategic emergency response: insights from the impact of COVID-19 on China’s new economy firms

Bin Li, Jiayu Wan, Lin Qi, Jianping Hang

This paper aims to unveil the importance of knowledge management on a firm’s strategic emergency response during the great negative shock from global public health threats…

Adoption of social media-based knowledge-sharing behaviour and authentic leadership development: evidence from the educational sector of Pakistan during COVID-19

Muhammad Zaheer Asghar, Elena Barbera, Samma Faiz Rasool, Pirita Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, Hana Mohelská

This research paper aims to explore the influence of social media–based knowledge-sharing intentions (SMKI) on prospective authentic leadership development (ALD) to deal with the…

Knowledge integration for resilience among multinational SMEs amid the COVID-19: from the view of global digital platforms

Yuanyuan Guo, Yilang Chen, Antonio Usai, Liang Wu, Wu Qin

Multinational small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly participating in cross-border digital platforms – especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Accordingly…

How an industrial internet platform empowers the digital transformation of SMEs: theoretical mechanism and business model

Honglei Li, Ziyu Yang, Chunhua Jin, Jinxia Wang

The purpose of this paper is to reveal the inner mechanisms of the role of industrial internet platforms in empowering the digital transformation of SMEs. This ROOTCLOUD-based…

The moderating effect of managerial discretion on cross-border knowledge search and the innovation quality of high-tech firms in a global health emergency: evidence from China

Yunlong Duan, Shuling Liu, Chang MU, Xiangwei Liu, Edwin Cheng, Yongsong Liu

This study aims to analyze the moderating effect of managerial discretion on the relationship between cross-border knowledge search and the high-tech firms’ innovation quality in…

How incentive synergy and organizational structures shape innovation ambidexterity

Qingqiang Zhang, Xinbo Sun

Organizational incentives and structures play a crucial role in realizing explorative and exploitative innovations in firms. Existing studies have neglected the role of trade-off…

How do knowledge diversity and ego-network structures affect firms' sustainable innovation: evidence from alliance innovation networks of China's new energy industries

Yan Zhao, Niannian Qi, Luying Li, Zheng Li, Xiao Han, Ling Xuan

Facing the global public health emergency (GPHE), the conflict of cultural differences and the imbalance of vital resources such as knowledge among different organizations are…

The impact of knowledge management on intellectual property risk prevention: analysis from China’s strategic emerging industries

Yixiao Jiang, Zongguo Ma, Xiquan Wang

Because of the globalization of the knowledge economy, intellectual property (IP) rights have become an important tool for maintaining market leadership and controlling emerging…

The influence of financial knowledge on the credit behaviour of small and micro enterprises: the knowledge-based view

Meiyu Liu, Yelin Hu, Chengyou Li, Shuo Wang

The rich financial knowledge of small and micro business owners helps to enhance the formal credit demand of small and micro enterprises and change the credit channel preference…

Knowledge ecosystem of financial markets: a new perspective on alleviating the supply-demand contradiction of the rural finance in the post-COVID-19 era

Yimin Yang, Yuefeng Su, Lulu Yang, Xiongwang Zeng

This paper aims to establish a systematic cognition to alleviate the supply–demand contradiction in rural financial markets from an integrated perspective of knowledge management…