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- Inderscience Publishers
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- Copyright © Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. All rights reserved
- ISSN
- 1743-8268
- eISSN
- 1743-8276
- DOI
- 10.1504/IJKMS.2008.018794
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Abstract
The economic sustainability of regional areas is dependent on cross-industry innovation and knowledge-sharing among Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The web-based initiatives deployed in regions worldwide to facilitate SME knowledge-sharing have typically been unsuccessful. This paper argues that the main reason for these failures is the lack of understanding of the socio-technical factors which influence the use of web-based channels (websites, online forums and expertise databases) as well as the more conventional channels (face-to-face and e-mail). This paper reports the findings of interpretive case studies of two regional SME business networks. It evaluates the major channels on six socio-technical criteria: link strength; trustworthiness; tacitness; usability; durability and currency. None of the channels were strong against all socio-technical factors. This highlights the importance of achieving an appropriate mix of channels to facilitate SME knowledge-sharing.
Journal
International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies – Inderscience Publishers
Published: Jan 1, 2008