Historically, management theory has ignored the constraints imposed by the biophysical (natural) environment. Building upon resource-based theory, this article attempts to fill this void by proposing a natural-resource-based view of the firm—a theory of competitive advantage based upon the firm's relationship to the natural environment. It is composed of three interconnected strategies: pollution prevention, product stewardship, and sustainable development. Propositions are advanced for each of these strategies regarding key resource requirements and their contributions to sustained competitive advantage.

A natural resource-based view of the firm

For the Common Good: Redirecting the Economy Towards Community, the Environment, and a Sustainable Future

The role of knowledge-oriented leadership in knowledge management practices and innovation

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze how organizational factors such as cultural values, leadership and human resource (HR) practices influence knowledge exploration and exploitation practices and innovation via an empirical study. Design/methodology/approach – From the knowledge-based view of the firm, six hypotheses were established and statistically tested in a sample of 111 Spanish companies belonging to innovative industries. Survey methodology was used with the aim of gathering data regarding knowledge management (KM) practices and certain, related organizational aspects in firms. Findings – This paper provides evidence of a moderating effect of knowledge-centered culture, knowledge-oriented leadership and knowledge-centered HR practices in the relationship between knowledge exploration and exploitation practices and innovation outcomes of companies. In line with previous literature, it is suggested that although KM practices are important on their own for innovation purposes, when certain enablers – organizational factors to overcome human barriers to KM – are properly established, the innovation capacity of the firm can be more successfully exploited. Research limitations/implications – The research is limited to high rate innovation industries. Future studies will include other industries and a more diverse sample of firms. Practical implications – The results of this study suggest that managers should place attention on knowledge exploration and exploitation practices along with several organizational enablers in order to achieve high levels of innovation results for the company. Originality/value – This paper provides new empirical evidence on the relationships between KM, organizational elements such as culture, leadership, HR practices, and innovation in a large sample of firms. To date, the empirical research of these relations has been mainly limited to descriptive case studies and there is thus a lack of empirical evidence with large samples of firms.

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Organizational factors to support knowledge management and innovation

https://blog.ub.ac.id/efenday/files/2014/12/Understanding-the-effect-of-knowledge-management-strategies-on-knowledge-management-performance-A-contingency-perspective.pdf

Understanding the effect of knowledge management strategies on knowledge management performance: A contingency perspective

Focusing on product development, this study extends the understanding of the environment-strategy framework and investigates the relative effect of two environmental variables, dynamism and complexity, on the product development knowledge strategy. Adopting a knowledge-based view, and assuming that the strategy's locus is knowledge creation (exploration) and knowledge application (exploitation), the study suggests that the development of a knowledge strategy is a managerial strategic choice that is related to the environment. The results of a survey on product development managers generally indicate that exploration and exploitation must be combined according to environmental factors by generating the alternative knowledge strategies of ambidexterity or punctuated equilibrium. Particularly, the study finds that in environments characterized by high levels of both dynamism and complexity product development efforts pursue and reinforce both explorative and exploitative activities through a knowledge strategy of ambidexterity. Though not perfectly supported, punctuated equilibrium seems to be a more plausible knowledge strategy in environmental contexts where either dynamism or complexity prevails. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Knowledge strategy: Its relationship to environmental dynamism and complexity in product development

La mayor parte de la solidaridad en Espana ha correspondido a los Fondos Estructurales de la UE, hecho que no se corresponde con la importancia que la Constitucion Espanola otorga a la solidaridad interterritorial El articulo tiene por objetivo realizar una reflexion acerca de la necesidad de reforma del FCI, centrandose, con caracter preferente, en el analisis de los criterios de elegibilidad susceptibles de ser aplicados para determinar las regiones beneficiarias Dadas las limitaciones que la literatura economica reconoce al PIB per capita como medida de desigualdad, se ha construido un indicador sintetico de desarrollo capaz de expresar las desigualdades interterritoriales, utilizando dos metodologias: el Analisis de Componentes Principales y el Indicador Sintetico de Distancia DP2 Most solidarity in Spain has corresponded to EU Structural Funds, which does not reflect the importance the Spanish Constitution attaches to interterritorial solidarity The current paper seeks to consider the need for reform in FCI (Spanish acronym for Interterritorial Compensation Fund), focusing primarily on an analysis of the eligibility criteria applied to determine which regions should benefit Given the limitations evidenced in economic literature regarding the use of per capita GDP as a measure of imbalance, we construct a synthetic development indicator able to express interterritorial inequalities using two approaches: Principal Component Analysis and the DP2 Synthetic Indicator of Distance

El FCI como instrumento de solidaridad interterritorial: una propuesta de reforma/The FCI as a Tool for Inter-Regional Solidarity: A Reform Proposal

Most solidarity in Spain has corresponded to EU Structural Funds, which does not reflect the importance the Spanish Constitution attaches to interterritorial solidarity The current paper seeks to consider the need for reform in FCI (Spanish acronym for Interterritorial Compensation Fund), focusing primarily on an analysis of the eligibility criteria applied to determine which regions should benefit Given the limitations evidenced in economic literature regarding the use of per capita GDP as a measure of imbalance, we construct a synthetic development indicator able to express interterritorial inequalities using two approaches: Principal Component Analysis and the DP2 Synthetic Indicator of Distance

El FCI como instrumento de solidaridad interterritorial: una propuesta de reforma: una propuesta de reforma

Este trabajo estudia la evolucion de la pobreza en 16 departamentos de Honduras en el periodo 1995-2005 utilizando tecnicas estadisticas multivariante, en particular el Analisis de Componentes Principales, que proporciona algunos factores (componentes principales) que se caracterizan por ser indicadores (sinteticos) incorrelacionados con una capacidad explicativa similar al conjunto original de variables. La informacion estadistica empleada procede de las Encuestas permanentes de Hogares, correspondientes a los anos 1995, 2001, 2005 y 2006 elaboradas por el Instituto Nacional de Estadistica de Honduras. Los resultados obtenidos indican que las diferencias en terminos de pobreza de los distintos departamentos estan caracterizadas por variables demograficas, economicas y educativas

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Beatriz Rodríguez Prado

Papers

Knowledge strategy: Its relationship to environmental dynamism and complexity in product development

El FCI como instrumento de solidaridad interterritorial: una propuesta de reforma/The FCI as a Tool for Inter-Regional Solidarity: A Reform Proposal

El FCI como instrumento de solidaridad interterritorial: una propuesta de reforma: una propuesta de reforma

La evolución de la pobreza en Honduras, 1995-2005