Using knowledge within small and medium‐sized firms: A systematic review of the evidence

R Thorpe, R Holt, A Macpherson… - International Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
This paper provides a systematic review of the literature on how small and medium‐sized
enterprises (SMEs) use and acquire knowledge. The review was undertaken as part of the …

Organizational knowledge in the making: how firms create, use, and institutionalize knowledge

G Patriotta - 2003 - books.google.com
Knowledge is a very seductive, but elusive concept. Following the wider debate about the
emergence of the information age and the knowledge society, recent years have seen an …

Social bricolage: Theorizing social value creation in social enterprises

ML Di Domenico, H Haugh… - … theory and practice, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Current theorizations of bricolage in entrepreneurship studies require refinement and
development to be used as a theoretical framework for social entrepreneurship. Our analysis …

Towards a foundation of bricolage in organization and management theory

R Duymedjian, CC Rüling - Organization studies, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
This article provides a conceptual underpinning for the study of bricolage in organizations.
Based on a review of Claude Lévi-Strauss's original writing, we propose that bricolage …

Knowledge sharing: context, confusion and controversy

S Fernie, SD Green, SJ Weller, R Newcombe - International journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
Project managers in the construction industry increasingly seek to learn from other industrial
sectors. Knowledge sharing between different contexts is thus viewed as an essential …

Sensemaking on the shop floor: Narratives of knowledge in organizations

G Patriotta - Journal of Management Studies, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
abstract This paper explores the role of narratives in organizational inquiry and knowledge
work. Following the tenets of the phenomenological method, the paper digs into the 'life …

How emerging organizations take form: The role of imprinting and values in organizational bricolage

M Perkmann, A Spicer - Organization Science, 2014 - pubsonline.informs.org
We examine how emerging organizations acquire shape by drawing on multiple
organizational forms, a process we call organizational bricolage. Studying Indymedia …

Managing creativity in organizations

A Styhre, M Sundgren - Critique and practices, 2005 - Springer
It is common to argue that we live today in a society characterized by the increasing
influence and importance of intangible resources such as intellectual capital, know-how and …

Theory building in knowledge management: in search of paradigms

SA Hazlett, R Mcadam… - Journal of management …, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
The development of knowledge management (KM) in theory and praxis continues to involve
a wide range of disciplines and contributors, each bringing their respective experiences …

Mapping the terrain: The use of video-based research in top-tier organizational journals

MK Christianson - Organizational research methods, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
My article examines how researchers use video recordings to gain insight into
organizational phenomena. I conduct a literature review of articles published from 1990 to …