| Titre : | Knowledge-intensity as an organisational characteristic (2012) |
| Auteurs : | Jonna Käpylä, Auteur ; Harri Laihonen, Auteur ; Antti Lönnqvist, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | Knowledge management research and practice (Vol. 9 N° 4, Décembre 2011) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 315-326 |
| Note générale : | Management |
| Langues : | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | 658 (Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce) |
| Tags : | Knowledge-intensity Knowledge-intensive business service KIBS Knowledge assets Intellectual capital Interview study |
| Résumé : | The sector of knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) has a central role in modern economies. However, there are no explicit and generally acknowledged criteria for characterising KIBS or other knowledge-intensive organisations. In addition, the concept of knowledge-intensity has no significant managerial use. This paper aims to widen the existing understanding about the concept of knowledge-intensity and take a step towards its operational application and managerial usefulness. Methodologically, two steps are carried out. First, a conceptual study based on intellectual capital literature and literature on knowledge-intensive firms is carried out. Second, an interview study (n=8) is carried out to empirically examine the role of knowledge assets in selected KIBS organisations. This paper contributes by tackling the vagueness of the concept of knowledge-intensity: the paper demonstrates that there are different types of ‘knowledge-intensity profiles’ among KIBS companies and that knowledge assets can be used as an analytical framework to identify the sources of value creation. |
| DEWEY : | 658 |
| ISSN : | 1477-8238 |
| En ligne : | http://www.palgrave-journals.com/kmrp/journal/v9/n4/abs/kmrp201123a.html |
