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dc.contributor.authorInganäs, Martin
dc.contributor.authorHacklin, Fredrik
dc.contributor.authorPluss, Adrian
dc.contributor.authorMarxt, Christian
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-02T15:00:42Z
dc.date.available2017-12-02T15:00:42Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.doi10.1504/IJNVO.2006.010952
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12127/5837
dc.description.abstractKnowledge lies at the very heart of innovation. A company's ability to create, store and transfer knowledge about technologies, customer needs and the innovation process itself may well determine success in bringing new products or services to the market. Yet, little is known as to how companies treat these issues in practice. This paper presents the results of a research project assessing practices and challenges for innovation-oriented knowledge management within four global technology-based companies in Switzerland. Results are discussed from both company-internal and external network perspectives. For company-internal knowledge management, broad differences in terms of both practices and challenges were found between the companies mainly because of different ways of implementing the innovation process and very different company cultures. Common issues included poor implementation of post-project reviews as well as a need for better integrating market and customer knowledge into all stages of the innovation process. For the external perspective, a more homogenous picture emerged where companies network with different partners throughout the innovation process and where knowledge creation and transfer were substantially greater for long-term partnerships.
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectKnowledge Management
dc.subjectCollaborative Innovation
dc.subjectDisruptive Innovation
dc.subjectKnowledge Creation
dc.subjectKnowledge Transfer
dc.subjectCollaborative Networks
dc.subjectNetworking
dc.subjectTechnology Based Companies
dc.subjectSwitzerland
dc.subjectOrganisational Culture
dc.subjectInnovation Process
dc.subjectVirtual Organisations
dc.titleKnowledge management with focus on the innovation process in collaborative networking companies
dc.identifier.journalInternational Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations
dc.source.volume3
dc.source.issue3
dc.source.beginpage283
dc.source.endpage298
dc.identifier.eissn1741-5225
vlerick.knowledgedomainEntrepreneurship
vlerick.typearticleJournal article
dc.identifier.vperid222419
dc.identifier.vperid234914
dc.identifier.vperid233597
dc.identifier.vperid234915
dc.identifier.vpubid7151


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