KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN CLIENT-SUPPLIER INTER-FIRM RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN SUPPLY CHAINSFebruary 27th, 2022
FiledFebruary 27th, 2022In the current knowledge-based and digitalization era, knowledge, which is a critical resource for companies, needs to be managed properly not only in single firms but also across inter-firm relationships and supply chains (SCs) because business competition, rather than among individual firms, is increasingly tends to involve entire SCs. Also, considering the current sustainability challenges, it is becoming vital to coordinate and co-manage company resources, activities, and innovative efforts well beyond the single organization. So, business managers must be aware of the knowledge management (KM) practices that can be effectively adopted and facilitate the assimilation of these practices to promote competitiveness. Standard definitions and classifications with a comprehensive list of important KM practices can be of great help, but the current studies are very limited and fragmented. Also, in line with this, the intensity of use of the KM practices which are adopted by firms, at intr