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Kamal Kishore Jain

Bio: Kamal Kishore Jain is an academic researcher from Indian Institute of Management Indore. The author has contributed to research in topics: Knowledge value chain & Organizational learning. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 25 publications receiving 763 citations. Previous affiliations of Kamal Kishore Jain include Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad & Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.

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TL;DR: In this paper, a survey-based methodology employing a research questionnaire was used to elicit the views of public sector employees towards the importance of knowledge sharing (KS); identify the barriers to KS; and identify initiatives that may encourage KS.
Abstract: Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to: identify the views of public sector employees towards the importance of Knowledge Sharing (KS); identify the barriers to KS; and identify initiatives that may encourage KS.Design/methodology/approach – The design employed in this research was mainly descriptive in nature. A survey‐based methodology employing a research questionnaire was used to elicit the views of public sector employees towards KS. A total of 320 questionnaires were randomly distributed and 170 were successfully collected, giving a response rate of 60 percent.Findings – The results showed that the respondents were very positive in their views towards “importance of KS” and they also strongly felt that knowledge was a source of competitive advantage. However, they were of the view that the importance of knowledge sharing was not clearly communicated and many of them were not sure whether KS strategy existed in their department. The public sector employees also showed self‐serving biases when...

200 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, three research categories for university-level entrepreneurship are identified and examined, namely entrepreneurial university, academic entrepreneurship and university technology transfer, and a framework depicting the relationship of the three categories is developed and discussed.
Abstract: Research into the nature, antecedents and effects of university-level entrepreneurship has grown due to the emergence of the university technology transfer phenomenon and the evolution of university's role in national innovation systems and economic development From the literature survey, three research categories for university-level entrepreneurship are identified and examined namely entrepreneurial university, academic entrepreneurship and university technology transfer Then, a framework depicting the relationship of the three research categories is developed and discussed Lastly, recommendations are made for future research and analysis

113 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the views of executives working in an American based multinational company (MNC) about knowledge sharing, barriers to knowledge sharing and strategies to promote knowledge sharingDesign/methodology/approach was carried out in phases.
Abstract: Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the views of executives working in an American based multinational company (MNC) about knowledge sharing, barriers to knowledge sharing, and strategies to promote knowledge sharingDesign/methodology/approach – This study was carried out in phases. In the first phase, a topology of organizational mechanisms for knowledge sharing was developed. A review of academic and practitioner literature provided the basis for this topology. In the next phase, a detailed field‐base case study of the knowledge sharing conceptualization in a large MNC was performed based on a sample of 81 employees.Findings – The results show that most of the respondents agreed that there is a knowledge sharing strategy and there is a growing awareness of the benefit of knowledge sharing in the organization. However, it was worrying to know that 22 percent responded negatively to the statement “KS is important to the organization”. Also, 27 percent of the respondents were also not willing to share kn...

109 citations

01 Jan 2007
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the barriers that exist in sharing knowledge in an academic environment and identified the mechanisms that may help in encouraging knowledge sharing in an educational setting. But, most organizations tend to over-emphasize on systems and tools, rather than on the core component that is knowledge sharing within the organization.
Abstract: As the world moves towards a “knowledge based economy”, knowledge is increasingly being considered as the main driver of this economy The success of economies in the future shall be based on how companies or organizations acquire, use, and leverage knowledge effectively However, most organizations tend to over-emphasize on systems and tools, rather than on the core component that is knowledge sharing within the organization Knowledge sharing is vital in knowledge-based organizations such as universities, since the majority of the employees are knowledge workers In an educational set up, effective knowledge sharing ensures that academics are able to realize and develop their potential to the fullest Educational institutions play a key role in knowledge creation The tacit knowledge that academic staff creates or gains is embedded in their minds and constitutes the storehouse of an educational institution’s intellectual capital This paper focuses on knowledge sharing activities among academic staff in Business Schools in the Klang Valley With the help of a survey-based methodology, this paper examines the barriers that exist in sharing knowledge in an academic environment An attempt is made to identify the mechanisms that may help in encouraging knowledge sharing

101 citations

01 Jan 2007
TL;DR: In this article, the degree to which UNITAR students are inclined towards entrepreneurship was investigated and the relationship between certain psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial inclination was investigated in Malaysia, where 361 students from three faculties at both graduate and undergraduate levels were surveyed to examine their entrepreneurial inclination.
Abstract: Interest in entrepreneurship is intense in many parts of the world. For developed economies, entrepreneurial activity (new venture formation) is a means of revitalizing economy, a way of coping with unemployment problems, a potential catalyst and incubator for technological progress, product and market innovation. For economies of developing countries, entrepreneurship is seen as an engine of economic progress, job creation and social adjustment. Thus, small business growth/new business formation is widely encouraged by national economic policies to stimulate economic growth and wealth creation. As Malaysia entered the twenty first century, interest and concerns on the subject of entrepreneurship heightened among others by the government’s enormous funding allocation towards the promotion of entrepreneurship especially for small and medium enterprises, the issue of graduate unemployment which has risen to approximately sixty thousand (60,000) according to a Bernama report and the attitude of current graduates who are seen to be too pampered and dependent on the government and private organizations for employment. It is time to further examine whether our existing university students are inclined towards entrepreneurship. This study investigates the degree to which UNITAR students are inclined towards entrepreneurship. 361 students from three faculties at both graduate and undergraduate levels were surveyed to examine their entrepreneurial inclination and also to look into the relationship between certain psychological characteristics and entrepreneurial inclination. Further analysis is reported and recommendation for future research has been put forth in this paper.

97 citations


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01 Jan 1995
TL;DR: In this article, Nonaka and Takeuchi argue that Japanese firms are successful precisely because they are innovative, because they create new knowledge and use it to produce successful products and technologies, and they reveal how Japanese companies translate tacit to explicit knowledge.
Abstract: How has Japan become a major economic power, a world leader in the automotive and electronics industries? What is the secret of their success? The consensus has been that, though the Japanese are not particularly innovative, they are exceptionally skilful at imitation, at improving products that already exist. But now two leading Japanese business experts, Ikujiro Nonaka and Hiro Takeuchi, turn this conventional wisdom on its head: Japanese firms are successful, they contend, precisely because they are innovative, because they create new knowledge and use it to produce successful products and technologies. Examining case studies drawn from such firms as Honda, Canon, Matsushita, NEC, 3M, GE, and the U.S. Marines, this book reveals how Japanese companies translate tacit to explicit knowledge and use it to produce new processes, products, and services.

7,448 citations

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TL;DR: Polanyi is at pains to expunge what he believes to be the false notion contained in the contemporary view of science which treats it as an object and basically impersonal discipline.
Abstract: The Study of Man. By Michael Polanyi. Price, $1.75. Pp. 102. University of Chicago Press, 5750 Ellis Ave., Chicago 37, 1959. One subtitle to Polanyi's challenging and fascinating book might be The Evolution and Natural History of Error , for Polanyi is at pains to expunge what he believes to be the false notion contained in the contemporary view of science which treats it as an object and basically impersonal discipline. According to Polanyi not only is this a radical and important error, but it is harmful to the objectives of science itself. Another subtitle could be Farewell to Detachment , for in place of cold objectivity he develops the idea that science is necessarily intensely personal. It is a human endeavor and human point of view which cannot be divorced from nor uprooted out of the human matrix from which it arises and in which it works. For a good while

2,248 citations

Book
29 Nov 2005

2,161 citations

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TL;DR: The authors meta-analyzed 73 studies with a total sample size of 37,285 individuals and found a significant but a small correlation between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intentions, which is also greater than that of business education.
Abstract: The research on entrepreneurship education�entrepreneurial intentions has yielded mixed results. We meta-analyzed 73 studies with a total sample size of 37,285 individuals and found a significant but a small correlation between entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intentions (inline image). This correlation is also greater than that of business education and entrepreneurial intentions. However, after controlling for pre-education entrepreneurial intentions, the relationship between entrepreneurship education and post-education entrepreneurial intentions was not significant. We also analyzed moderators, such as the attributes of entrepreneurship education, students' differences, and cultural values. Our results have implications for entrepreneurship education scholars, program evaluators, and policy makers.

1,032 citations