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Knowledge Management In Sme

Knowledge management in small and medium-sized companies: knowledge management for entrepreneurs
R.P. uit Beijerse. Journal of Knowledge Management. Kempston: 2000. Vol. 4, Iss. 2; pg. 162

Abstract (Summary)
This article deals with a field which gets little or no attention in the research done into knowledge management: small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). First a conceptual model for SMEs will be given, next this model will be used to analyze various companies. It is found that knowledge management appears in SMES to get its form especially at an operational level.
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Copyright MCB UP Limited (MCB) 2000
R.P. uit Beijerse: R.P. uit Beijerse, formerly a Researcher for EIM Small Business Research and Consultancy, The Netherlands, and presently a Researcher with the consultancy agency B & A Groep, Den Haag, The Netherlands.
Introduction[1]
Changes in society: pluralisation and individualisation
Society has changed drastically over the last few years. But this is nothing new, or so it appears. Societies are always changing, just as people are always changing. And seeing as it is the people who form the societies, a constantly changing society is only natural. However something more seems to have happened over the last few years. Without wanting to frighten off the reader straight away, we can point to a diversity of social developments that indicate that the changes seem to be following each other faster, especially over the last few decades. We can for instance, point to the pluralisation (or a growing versatility), differentialisation and specialisation of society as a whole. On a more personal note, we see the diversification of communities, an emphasis on emancipation, individualisation and post-materialism and an increasing wish to live one's life as one wishes, free from social, religious or ideological contexts.
Changes in the economy: the knowledge economy
If we take a more economic...