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The impact of knowledge management and social capital on dynamic capability in organizations

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  • Jurriaan van Reijsen
  • Remko Helms
  • Ronald Batenburg
  • Ralph Foorthuis

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The Holy Grail in strategic management is the Dynamic Capability (DC) of organizations to realize sustainable competitive advantage. This requires organizations to continuously sense market changes and adapt their resources and routines accordingly, for which they are heavily dependent on knowledge. Knowledge as an antecedent for DC is, however, understudied. Inspired by the recognition of knowledge as an antecedent for DC, this paper sets out to uncover how organizations can foster DC from a knowledge management (KM) perspective. In an empirical survey on 55 knowledge-intensive organizations, we studied DC in organizations from two key perspectives on knowledge: formal, through the adoption of KM policies, and informal, through the availability of social capital. Our research results show that, although a formal KM approach strengthens DC, the availability of social capital appears unrelated to DC. The paper concludes with a practical outlook on advancing DC.

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  • Jurriaan van Reijsen & Remko Helms & Ronald Batenburg & Ralph Foorthuis, 2015. "The impact of knowledge management and social capital on dynamic capability in organizations," Knowledge Management Research & Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(4), pages 401-417, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tkmrxx:v:13:y:2015:i:4:p:401-417
    DOI: 10.1057/kmrp.2013.59
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    1. Jagriti Singh & Krishan Kumar Pandey & Anil Kumar & Farheen Naz & Sunil Luthra, 2023. "Drivers, barriers and practices of net zero economy: An exploratory knowledge based supply chain multi-stakeholder perspective framework," Operations Management Research, Springer, vol. 16(3), pages 1059-1090, September.

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