Title: Entrepreneurial knowledge management and sustainable opportunity creations: a conceptual framework

Authors: Lars Oystein Widding

Addresses: Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Bode Graduate School of Business, Alfred Getzv. 1., N7491 Trondheim, Norway

Abstract: The aim of this work is to develop a dynamic conceptual model to assess and to assist entrepreneurial knowledge management and sustainable opportunity creations. The conceptual model is backed by a theoretical framework drawing on the Resource-Based View (RBV) of the firm, the knowledge-based view of the firm, and entrepreneurship. The model employs the following elements: tacit and explicit knowledge; and internal, semi-internal and external knowledge reservoirs. Further, gate-keeping and processes concerning the identification of requisite knowledge, the attraction and exploitation of this knowledge, and finally, the mechanisms to protect the firm|s knowledge reservoirs, are central elements. The model can be used in different scenarios, explaining and guiding a firm|s challenges regarding achieving competitive advantage.

Keywords: entrepreneurship; resource-based theory; RBT; knowledge management; knowledge reservoirs; business knowledge; sustainable opportunity creation; resource-based view; RBV; competitive advantage.

DOI: 10.1504/IJLIC.2007.013830

International Journal of Learning and Intellectual Capital, 2007 Vol.4 No.1/2, pp.187 - 202

Published online: 30 May 2007 *

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