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Knowledge Management in Organizations
Knowledge Management in Organizations

Author(s): Ingrida Gaputienė
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: knowledge; knowledge management; tacit knowledge; intellectual capital; expatriates; explicit knowledge.

Summary/Abstract: Recently in management literature great attention is paid to knowledge management processes, knowledge is seen as a strategic asset and a primary resource of the company’s competitive advantage. The author analyses the concepts of knowledge, knowledge management, knowledge-based theory of the firm. In the paper knowledge management processes are related to internationalization processes. The main focus is set on knowledge transfer and management processes in foreign owned subsidiaries in Lithuania. Seeking to explore knowledge transfer and management processes in foreign owned subsidiaries and what is an expatriate’s from a mother company role in the knowledge transfer and management processes, the research has been conducted in foreign owned subsidiaries in Lithuania. The research findings were related to the existing knowledge management theories.

  • Issue Year: 2003
  • Issue No: 28
  • Page Range: 55-71
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: English