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Organisational Knowledge Integration towards a Conceptual Framework

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7th International Conference on Knowledge Management in Organizations: Service and Cloud Computing

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 172))

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This study analyses organisational knowledge integration processes from a multi-level and systemic perspective, with particular reference to the case of Fujitsu. A conceptual framework for knowledge integration is suggested focusing on team-building capability, capturing and utilising individual tacit knowledge, and communication networks for integrating dispersed specialist knowledge required in the development of new products and services. The research highlights that knowledge integration occurring in the innovation process is a result of knowledge exposure, its distribution and embodiment and finally its transfer, which leads to innovation capability and competitive advantage in firm.

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  1. School of Management, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

    Kavoos Mohannak

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  1. Staffordshire University, FCET, Stafford, ST18 OAD, United Kingdom

    Lorna Uden

  2. Department Computer Science and, Artificial Intelligence, Universidad Granada, C/ Periodista Daniel Saucedo Aranda s/n, Granada, 18071, Spain

    Francisco Herrera

  3. , Faculty of Computer Science, Pontificial University of Salamanca, C/Compañía 5, Salamanca, 37002, Spain

    Javier Bajo Pérez

  4. Department of Computing Science, and Control, Universidad Salamanca, Plaza de la Merced, s/n s/n, Salamanca, 37008, Spain

    Juan Manuel Corchado Rodríguez

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Mohannak, K. (2013). Organisational Knowledge Integration towards a Conceptual Framework. In: Uden, L., Herrera, F., Bajo Pérez, J., Corchado Rodríguez, J. (eds) 7th International Conference on Knowledge Management in Organizations: Service and Cloud Computing. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 172. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30867-3_8

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