Role Of Knowledge Creation Research Articles

Exploration or exploitation orientation, subgroup structure and organizational knowledge creation

ABSTRACT Significant performance differences in the process of knowledge creation may exist between organisations with exploratory and exploitative tendencies due to differences in their inner network structures. This study focuses on the subgroups widespread in intra-organisational networks and their structural characteristics. We construct an agent-based model that describes the two different organisational learning models that exist in organisations – exploration-oriented and exploitation-oriented. We find that higher network density in each subgroup helps increase the speed of knowledge creation but depletes the idiosyncratic sets of beliefs and leads to premature convergence. Only when the network scale is large enough or the organisation tends to focus more on exploration can a sparse network play a positive role in knowledge creation. Moderate levels of cross-group links prevent exploitation-oriented organisations from entering the stagnation stage of knowledge growth and increase the knowledge creation performance of exploration-oriented organisations. Knowledge creation performance in exploitation-oriented organisations depends more on boundary hubs than on internal hubs. The presence of twofold hubs can improve knowledge creation performance without significantly reducing the dissimilarity of collective beliefs.

Process Management Practice Analysis on Organizational Performance Mediated by Knowledge Creation

Knowledge is an important resource that supports process management to produce efficient and effective products and services. The research objective is to examine the influence of process management on performance through the role of knowledge creation in the future of new normal. Survey method with saturated sample was used for data collection on 126 head of study programs at public and private universities in the city of Semarang. Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) approach was used to analyze the data. The results of the study found that process management has no direct effect on organizational performance and knowledge creation directly affects performance. Tests indirectly show that the knowledge creation shown to mediate the effect of process management on organizational performance. Implications of research for leaders as a consideration in the implementation of process management practices and knowledge creation in the new normal era of the organization. Suggestions for future research should use a longitudinal design, so that studies can be developed and explored more deeply and prepare other techniques or strategies as alternative solutions in data collection so that they are in accordance with the set targets

Vice-chancellor narcissism and university performance

Universities hold a prominent role in knowledge creation through research and education. In this study, we examine the effects of VC narcissism on university performance. We measure VC narcissism based on the size of the signature, in line with a methodological approach which has been widely used in the recent literature and repeatedly validated in laboratory experiments. We exploit a quasi-natural experiment of VC changes and employ a Difference-in-Difference research design, which alleviates concerns related to endogeneity and identification bias. We show that the appointment of a highly narcissistic VC leads to an overall deterioration in research and teaching performance and concomitantly league table performance. We further identify excessive financial risk taking and empire-building as possible mechanisms explaining the main results and provide evidence on the moderating role of university governance. Our findings are consistent with the view that narcissism is one of the most prominent traits of destructive leadership; they also have practical implications for leadership recruitment and the monitoring of leadership practices in the higher education sector. The results of this study extend prior research in several ways. Extant literature on executive leadership and narcissism yields inconclusive findings; this literature has mainly focused on for-profit organisations and has not considered universities. In addition, prior research in higher education on the determinants of university performance has not yet examined the role of leadership personality traits.

Market Sensing Capability and Catering Product Innovation: The Role of Knowledge Creation and Entrepreneurship Orientation

Catering industry stakeholders must possess effective market sensing capabilities to thrive in the competitive market landscape. This study aims to scrutinize how these capabilities impact the innovation of catering products. Additionally, it delves into the pivotal roles played by the knowledge creation process as a mediating factor and entrepreneurial orientation as a moderating factor. The research model is meticulously crafted to mirror the real-world dynamics experienced in the catering sector. For this study, the focal point of analysis is the managers and employees (specifically chefs) of 27 small and medium-sized catering enterprises in Makassar City, known for their proficiency in providing pertinent insights into the research questions. The data is subjected to rigorous examination through a structural equation model, utilizing WarpPLS 7.0 software. The findings unveil that while market sensing capability does not wield a significant direct impact on product innovation, it does exert a positive and notable direct influence on the knowledge creation process. Moreover, the knowledge creation process emerges as a positive and substantial driver of product innovation. The relationship between market sensing capability and product innovation is further strengthened by the intermediary role of the knowledge creation process. This dynamic is further refined by the moderating influence of entrepreneurial orientation

Design Principles for Platform-Enabled Knowledge Commons with an Expository Instantiation

Knowledge commons play a pivotal role in knowledge creation and sharing in the digital economy. The motivation for this research was the opportunity to develop a knowledge commons for IT service management (ITSM) practitioners. To obtain guidance to design the knowledge commons, we critically reviewed commons design principles (DPs) that were based on a well-established economics theory. We observed that the commons DPs had significant gaps when applied to IS practice. Hence, we developed an alternate set of DPs that we refer to as platform-enabled knowledge commons (PEKC) DPs that are relevant to IS practice. This paper discusses the development of PEKC DPs and applies them in instantiating an IS artifact, Service-Symphony. Service-Symphony is a purpose-built, public-facing knowledge repository developed for the benefit of ITSM practitioners and students. Our research followed the design science research (DSR) paradigm and contributes to the body of knowledge by establishing a multigrounded design theory comprising meta-requirements and DPs. To bridge theory and practice, we assessed the reusability of PEKC DPs through focus group interviews with IS architects. Our case study illustrates the complete life cycle of DPs covering conceptualization, initial formulation, iterative refinement, application to an important real-world instantiation, and evaluation by a group of independent IS practitioners.

The Role of Knowledge Creation and Transfer in Family Firm Succession

The purpose of the study is to investigate the role that knowledge creation and knowledge transfer processes play in family firm intergenerational succession in Thailand. An exploratory qualitative case study approach is used. Interviews were conducted with successors and predecessors of small, medium and large Thai firms that have undergone leadership succession within the past five years (30 firms, for n = 60 interviews). Data were analyzed using a qualitative content analysis approach. There were 16 different knowledge approaches identified that are undertaken by the successor. These processes are commonplace to firms, including formal and informal, internal and external processes of knowledge creation and transfer. Most of these occur at different stages of preparation for succession (pre-succession, transition and succession stages). While some knowledge approaches are used across firms, others are specific to small or large firms. These knowledge approaches and stages were used to develop a knowledge process model for family firm succession. The research develops an original model of the knowledge processes associated with family firm succession. This model, which incorporates a staged succession model with the knowledge processes identified, explains how and why knowledge creation and transfer occur during the succession process.

The role of interregional and inter-sectoral knowledge spillovers on regional knowledge creation across US metropolitan counties

ABSTRACT This paper relies on a regional knowledge production function to examine the heterogeneous determinants of knowledge creation across five US manufacturing sectors and 853 metropolitan counties over the period 2001–08. Using a Tobit model with state fixed effects, the results indicate that local intra- and inter-sectoral research and development (R&D) investments by the private sector as well as university R&D play a key role in knowledge creation across all sectors under study. We also find that the role of short- versus long-distance interregional spillovers on knowledge creation varies greatly across sectors. These key features improve the design of future local and national innovation policies.

The Role of Knowledge Creation in Knowledge Management: A case of Sri Lankan Research Officers

There are considerable levels of gaps identified in ‘Knowledge Creation’ (KC) and ‘Knowledge Management’ (KM) at individuals’ level as well as the organizational level. The present study examines whether the ‘Social Capital’ (SC) and ‘Information Technology Capability’ (IT) have any significant impact on KM and determine the mediating role of KC on the above relationship in the public sector Research Institutions in Sri Lanka. The study follows the positivistic philosophy and used the hypothetico-deductive method. A questionnaire-based survey was used to collect data and it was done as a cross-sectional survey with a self-administered questionnaire. The population is defined as the research officers in Public Research Institutions in Sri Lanka and the selected sample was 220. The successful response rate is 67%. The findings confirmed that SC and IT have a significant impact on the KM with the model accuracy as 31.3%. When the KC mediates the relationship from SC to KM and IT to KM, the explained variation of the KM can be enhanced up to 61.2% and 45.2% respectively. Therefore, the research institutions should pay special attention to KC while facilitating for SC, IT and KM.

The role of knowledge creation, absorption and acquisition in determining national competitive advantage

Knowledge has been considered a key factor in countries’ catch-up of competitive advantage. However, few studies have deeply analyzed the complex interaction effect of internal technological capabilities and external knowledge acquisition, and the influence of the institutional environment is often ignored. In this paper, we integrate the knowledge-based view with both the new growth theory and the institution-based view, empirically test the validity of our competitive theoretical framework using the panel data of 29 developing countries and 32 developed countries from 1995 to 2018. The results show that, in countries at different stages of development, internal technological capabilities (knowledge creation capability and knowledge absorption capability) and external knowledge acquisition (external technological knowledge and market information knowledge) have different mechanisms of action, constraints and interaction effects. The findings suggest that countries need to make different catch-up strategies according to their stage of national development.

The Mediating Role of Knowledge Creation on the Market Sensing- Innovation Nexus

This study examined the influential role of knowledge creation in facilitating the effect of market-sensing on innovation. It specifically examines this phenomenon among small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria. The study hypothesized that market sensing will exogenously have a significant and positive effect on knowledge creation, which will in turn have a positive effect on innovation. Data was collected from strategic managers from the top management teams of 310 small and medium scale enterprises randomly selected from the country’s six geopolitical zones. Using covariance based structural equation modeling (SEM) carried out via version 23 of IBM’s AMOS software. Findings confirmed all four hypotheses specifically demonstrating that market sensing positively impacted knowledge creation and innovation, while knowledge creation was both found to have a positive effect on innovation and to also significantly mediate the effect of market-sensing on innovation. The study then discusses the implication of the findings for both literature and practice, while recommending areas for future research.

Role of Knowledge Creation and Absorptive Capacity: A Panel Data Study of Innovation

Purpose- Knowledge creation refers to the ability of firms to create new knowledge that starts from individuals to integrating the firms and then the overall economy. This study suggests that knowledge acquisition in a country has a significant relationship with innovative performance. Design/Methodology- Data from 48 highly HDI countries is taken from World Bank and World Economic Forum. Based on 480 country-year observations in a panel mediator model, it is revealed that the national efforts of boosting knowledge acquisition influence the firms’ innovative performance. Findings- Further, it is found that absorptive capacity in the employability of knowledgeable workers works as a mediator between knowledge acquisition and innovation. Whereby higher knowledge acquisition leads to higher absorptive capacity and higher innovation. Practical Implications- This study builds a quantitative model for the macroeconomic context of knowledge-based view.

Incorporating artificial intelligence in knowledge creation processes in organizations

Abstract In organizations, the knowledge creation remained an exclusive attribute of humans until the emergence of artificial intelligence. The role of information systems in organizations expanded continuously, including recording, organizing, processing, storage, dissemination and making available the information, until the revolutionary emergence of artificial intelligence. The role of knowledge creation is no longer exclusive to humans. Artificial intelligence becomes a partner entity of employees in knowledge creation processes in organizations. This article investigates how artificial intelligence can be incorporated in knowledge creation processes. Starting from the study of scientific literature, this article presents concepts and taxonomies associated with the use of artificial intelligence in the processes of knowledge creation in organizations. The study is a first step in a larger research, which aims to identify the main consequences, on employees and organizations, of the incorporation of artificial intelligence in the processes of knowledge creation.

Assessing the green behaviour of academics

PurposeStudies have highlighted concerns about the role of knowledge creation between human resource management practices and employee behaviour. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of green human resource management (green HRM) on employee green behaviour (EGB) through the mediation of environmental knowledge of lecturers in public research universities in Malaysia.Design/methodology/approachThis cross-sectional study examines the mechanism in which green HRM affects the EGB of lecturers through environmental knowledge in Malaysian public research universities. Smart PLS was used to analyse the relationships from 425 valid responses.FindingsThe findings of the study show that green HRM affects EGB through the full mediation of environmental knowledge. This finding gives a theoretical implication in terms of ability, motivation and opportunity theory.Research limitations/implicationsThe scope of this study is limited to public research universities in Malaysia. Future studies may explore other variables that could expedite the relationship between green HRM and EGB. Implications include policy making that emphasises on enhancing environmental knowledge of lecturers.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, no study has been conducted using environmental knowledge as a mediator between green HRM and EGB.

The Intertemporal Evolution Model of Enterprise R&D Cooperative Network

Cooperation plays an irreplaceable role in knowledge creation and innovation. Innovation cooperation among enterprises forms a complex network of enterprise R&D. Given the intertemporal R&D network evolution and the complex influence between stock knowledge, this study constructs a discrete indefinitely intertemporal evolution model of an enterprise R&D cooperation network. The model consists of two main parts, that is, first is how technological innovation depends on the structure of enterprise R&D cooperation network and the second is how the enterprise R&D cooperation network evolves according to the level of technological innovation. This work uses calculation experiment and simulation method to study the evolution characteristics of enterprise R&D network in different initial R&D network topology structures, such as Erdos–Renyi random graph, WS small-world network, and BA scale-free network, and determine how previous history, attractiveness, and reputation for enterprise influence the steady-state characteristics of R&D network evolution. Results show that (1) when the R&D network evolution reaches a stable state, the joint distribution of stock knowledge and the number of cooperative enterprises do not affect the initial R&D network topology. However, the evolution path of the enterprise R&D network is complicated by the initial R&D network topology. (2) Among the three factors through which enterprises make decisions, if the enterprise values previous history highly, then the stock knowledge in a steady state will dissipate; if the enterprise values reputation highly, then the stock knowledge in a steady state will decrease but always above a threshold; if the enterprise values attractiveness highly, then the stock knowledge in a steady state can rise to a high level. These conclusions have important theoretical values and practical significance for the promotion of enterprise scientific and technological innovation and cooperative research.

Role of Knowledge Management in Enhancing the Entrepreneurial Ecosystems Through Corporate Entrepreneurship and Strategic Intent in High-tech Firms

The paper studies the role of knowledge management in enhancing the entrepreneurial ecosystem using knowledge management, co-governance, and co-management in high-tech firms. All these factors are important variables defining entrepreneurial ecosystem. The key drivers of knowledge management include intelligence generation and intelligence dissemination which are also critical variables of market intelligence for developing new products and creating new business creation as strategic business units in the entrepreneurial firm. The objective of the paper is to understand the dynamics of the components of sustainable entrepreneurial ecosystems, with an emphasis on the role of knowledge creation, diffusion, and application across the spectrum of high-tech organizations and their co-governance process and co-management processes.The methodology includes an empirical study based on data collected from all over India. More than 381 data were collected and analyzed using SPSS. Factor analysis and reliability analysis were used to find the reliability of questionnaire. Regression and correlation were used to analyze the influence of knowledge management processes on entrepreneurial ecosystem. Also, we analyzed the role of management support in facilitating culture for enabling corporate entrepreneurship. Response rate was 19.25%. The detailed case study of NASA and IBM was also undertaken to study the knowledge management system (Bixler & Stankosky, 2005). The paper undertakes the management approach to shed new light on the evolving role of knowledge on newbusiness creation and new product development. On the basis of analysis, it was found that entrepreneurial ecosystem includes the entrepreneurial proactiveness which is significantly influenced by lifecycle and strategic intent of high-tech firms. Moreover, leadership, knowledge management, and management support are the other components of entrepreneurial ecosystem that may influence the culture of innovation for facilitating entrepreneurship. The study also showed that culture is also influenced by the degree of involvement of the employees in pursuing the new ventures.The global implications of the paper include the advancement in the theory and body of knowledge in terms of development of correlation between the components of entrepreneurial ecosystem and knowledge management and strategic intent. The present study identifies the role of knowledge management in enhancing entrepreneurial culture, innovation, and new business creation within the firm to make it more competitive in the global arena. The concept of using intelligence generation and dissemination of knowledge through knowledge management systems has not been studied before with respect to entrepreneurial ecosystem and competitiveness, and there was a huge gap in the literature and managerial practice. Earlier studies have not identified the processes of knowledge management such as role of intelligence generation and dissemination and especially how the companies are implementing these processes. Interestingly, the study also covers the process of knowledge management implementation by describing such processes in NASA and IBM. For explaining these processes, the author has studied the case study of NASA and IBM which is the major contribution toward the managerial and research contributions through this study. The study balances practice with application and theory with the underlying concepts.

The Infinite Learning Chain. Flipped Professional Labs for Learning and Knowledge Co-Creation

AbstractNowadays universities and other classical research institutions are changing their role in knowledge creation. In general terms we can characterize this transition as the path from “Closed Science” to “Open Science” as a part of a deeper and structural phenomenon known as “knowledge democratization”, where different stakeholders as students, makers and other tech and science enthusiasts are able to create knowledge learning from the researchers and cooperating with them.In this process, science engagement of these new actors is a key point to stimulate their creativity, get some important research skills learnt directly from the researchers and be able to apply these skills teaching others in a continuous “learning chain”.In this article, we introduce some main features and preliminary results of an experiment called “The infinite learning chain” done in cooperation with Arduino, focused on sensing science and based in a real research project of Group of Atmospheric Science (GAS) called Luleå Environmental Monitoring Stations (LEMS). We debate some interesting questions related to the impact of the format in terms of science engagement, STEM skills acquisition and cooperative learning involvement. We used as “learning ecosystem” a professional Lab, the INSPIRE Lab a complete multidisciplinary facility for space and environmental research and exploration.

Students Speak Out: The Impact of Participation in an Undergraduate Research Journal

Universities are places where writing plays a central role in knowledge creation and dissemination (Graves, 2011). Students engage with writing in their courses, at their institution’s Writing Centre, and, perhaps more recently, in co-curricular projects such as an undergraduate research journal club. By participating in an undergraduate journal club, students develop critical thinking skills (Roberts, 2009), learn skills in research (Sandefur & Gordy, 2016), and produce knowledge (Neville, Power, Barnes, & Haynes, 2012). In this paper, we explore the impact of participation in a particular undergraduate research journal, the Undergraduate Journal of the Arts1 (UJA), on students’ interactions with academic writing. To do so, we first surveyed the landscape of undergraduate research journals in Canada. We then conducted an online survey and interviewed the UJA’s authors, editors, reviewers, and management board members. Our findings show that regardless of the roles they held at the UJA, participants benefitted from participation in terms of the development of their writing, interpersonal, and communication skills. We also discovered that participants faced time management constraints but were able to turn these obstacles into an opportunity to gain time management skills. Overall, our research has contributed to a sparse area of literature on undergraduate research journals. It also shows the value of an undergraduate research journal for student development.

From research to evidence-informed decision making: a systematic approach.

BackgroundKnowledge creation forms an integral part of the knowledge-to-action framework aimed at bridging the gap between research and evidence-informed decision making. Although principles of science communication, data visualisation and user-centred design largely impact the effectiveness of communication, their role in knowledge creation is still limited. Hence, this article aims to provide researchers a systematic approach on how knowledge creation can be put into practice.MethodsA systematic two-phased approach towards knowledge creation was formulated and executed. First, during a preparation phase the purpose and audience of the knowledge were defined. Subsequently, a developmental phase facilitated how the content is ‘said’ (language) and communicated (channel). This developmental phase proceeded via two pathways: a translational cycle and design cycle, during which core translational and design components were incorporated. The entire approach was demonstrated by a case study.ResultsThe case study demonstrated how the phases in this systematic approach can be operationalised. It furthermore illustrated how created knowledge can be delivered.ConclusionThe proposed approach offers researchers a systematic, practical and easy-to-implement tool to facilitate effective knowledge creation towards decision-makers in healthcare. Through the integration of core components of knowledge creation evidence-informed decision making will ultimately be optimized.

Librarian's Role in Knowledge Creation by Using of Big-Data Technology: A Review

Librarians are playing a vital role in storing and managing the data in libraries. The very purpose of this data is to convert information into knowledge; then only, the stored data come into use by its users. Here, the role of librarians is to know how to convert and process data in the order of knowledge creation. It means the librarians should get expertise in how to make big data sets more meaningful in using by its users. Due to the emergence of data in a very big way, the users’ requirements also increase; therefore, they can choose different ways to access the data in search of required information. In this paper, we discussed the availability of data in different formats and how this data is relevant and applicable to big-data technology. Moreover, some of the issues in application of library data to big-data technology are also discussed.

Measuring the University–Industry–Government Collaboration in Indian Research Output

Universities, industry and government organizations all play an important role in growth and development of knowledge-based economies in the modern era. These institutions also play a signi-ficant role in knowledge creation and its deployment to the benefit of society at large. In this article, we measure and characterize the university-industry-government (UIG) relationship in the research and innovation landscape of India. Research output data for 10 years (2005-14) obtained from Web of Science have been analysed to measure collaboration among different actors of the UIG collabora-tion network. We have also measured the collaboration variations across different disciplines and identified significant UIG institutional networks. The article presents useful output and analysis, and an informative account of the UIG collaboration network at present.