KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES: SELECTED KEY ISSUES AND POSSIBLE RESEARCH AVENUES
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES: SELECTED KEY ISSUES AND POSSIBLE RESEARCH AVENUES
Author(s): Elena Sidorova, Snejina MichailovaSubject(s): Economy
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: knowledge1; knowledge management2; transition economies3;
Summary/Abstract: Most of the existing literature on knowledge and knowledge management has a Western or Japanese origin. While this literature provides important insights and findings, these may not necessa¬rily be successfully replicable in other contexts and may lose some of their relevance when applied there. Such and similar observations have given a rise to a substantial number of knowledge management studies conducted in non-Western settings, among those transition economies. We highlight three parti¬cular challenges to the knowledge management literature in transition economies: moving beyond the extension of existing knowledge to instead developing contextualized and distinct knowledge; shifting from studying unidirectional knowledge transfer to examining multidirectional knowledge flows; and changing emphasis from studying knowledge transfer to studying knowledge creation.
Journal: Organizations and Markets in Emerging Economies
- Issue Year: 1/2010
- Issue No: 01
- Page Range: 68-81
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English