Tài liệu Knowledge Managing and Knowledge Management Systems in Inter-organizational networks

It is argued that the basic economic resource in the new economy is knowledge. An important
source for competitive advantage in this economy is organizations’ networks of external rela-tionships. It is also argued that information and communication technologies (ICT) and Knowl-edge Management Systems (KMS) can play an important role in knowledge-intensive
processes and flows. This paper presents a conceptualization of strategic knowledge managing
within the context of inter-organizational networks. The conceptualization is based on the
resource-based, dynamic capability, and absorptive capability views as well as ideas from
the ‘gift economy’. Three types of inter-organizational networks for strategic knowledge mana-ging are defined: (1) extra-networks; (2) inter-networks; and (3) open networks. The paper dis-cusses knowledge managing in the three network types and illustrates how ICT and KMS can
be used to enable and enhance knowledge managing in inter-organizational networks —the
core business process used for illustration is new product development. Copyright # 2003
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd