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Knowledge Creation and its Barriers in SMEs: An Exploratory Analysis |
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PP: 1-7 |
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Amitabh Anand,
Anikó Csepregi,
Eszter Bogdány,
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Abstract |
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| Prior research on knowledge creation has mainly been addressed to larger organizations by exploring both the determinants and barriers. However, the importance of knowledge creation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) remains largely unexplored with only a few authors attempting to study the enablers and barriers. Thus, this paper will investigate the specifically the barriers to knowledge creation in SMEs and at the levels at which these barriers exist. Through qualitative exploratory methods this study is set in Indian subcontinent. The results of the research show several barriers i.e., lack of motivational leadership and recognition thereof, lack of remuneration, trust, and expressive ties being grouped into organizational and individual barriers for knowledge creation in SMEs. Based on these, a proposed model and four further propositions for future studies are presented, since the findings of our study are based on limited sampling. This model can be a starting point for future research. |
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