Knowledge management in technology-focused firms in emerging economies: Caveats on capabilities, networks, and real options

Garry Bruton (), Gregory Dess () and Jay Janney ()

Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 2007, vol. 24, issue 2, pages 115-130

Abstract: In mature economies, technology-focused industries and the management of knowledge are widely viewed as critical to success. Increasingly, in emerging economies technology-focused industries and the management of knowledge are also viewed as important. To date, however, little is known about such activities in emerging economies. Particularly, it is not understood how knowledge management can impact efforts for corporate renewal in such environments. The literatures of the resource-based view of the firm, social capital/network theory, and real options theory are vital to providing insights for technology-focused industries and the management of knowledge in mature economies. In this paper we focus on the caveats when applying such theoretical foundations to emerging economies. To illustrate these issues we will draw on the largest emergent economy in the world, China. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2007

Keywords: Emerging economies; Social capital; Network theory; Real options theory; Corporate renewal (search for similar items in EconPapers)

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