Resource-Based View of Knowledge Management for Competitive Advantage

Leila A. Halawi, Jay E. Aronson, Richard V. McCarthy

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Abstract

We are not only in a new millennium, but also in a new era: the knowledge era. Sustainable competitive advantage is dependent on building and exploiting core competencies. The resource-based view (RBV) of the firm defines a strategic asset as one that is rare, valuable, imperfectly imitiable and non-substitutable. Knowledge is seen as a strategic asset with the potential to be a source of competitive advantage for an organization. In this paper, we provide a model that examines how and why knowledge management (KM) can be sued to create competitive advantage from the RBV of the firm.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalThe Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management
Volume3
StatePublished - Dec 1 2005
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • knowledge management (KM)
  • knowledge management systems (KMS)
  • resource-based view of the firm (RBV)
  • sustained competitive advantage

Disciplines

  • Management Information Systems
  • Technology and Innovation

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