Entrepreneurship, knowledge integration capability, and firm performance: An empirical study

Information Systems Frontiers

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1047-1060

  Kim, Yong Jin ^a   Song, Seokwoo ^b   Sambamurthy, V ^c   Lee, Young Lyoul ^d  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

^b WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Korea Telecommunication ^*  (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corporate entrepreneurship; Knowledge management; Knowledge based view; Organizational performance

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; CORPORATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY; ESSENTIAL FEATURES; FIRM PERFORMANCE; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION CAPABILITY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PROCESS; KNOWLEDGE-BASED VIEWS; LEARNING CULTURES; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; RESEARCH MODELS; SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE; TURBULENT ENVIRONMENTS;

COMPETITION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84874636149     PISSN: 13873326     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-011-9331-z     Document Type: Article

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