 Implementing e-business through organizational learning: An empirical investigation in SMEsJuan Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro, Daniel Jiménez Jiménez and Eusebio Ángel Martínez-Conesa International Journal of Information Management, 2007, vol. 27, issue 3, 173-186 Abstract: This paper examines the relative importance and significance of the four learning processes introduced by Huber (knowledge acquisition, knowledge distribution, knowledge interpretation and organizational memory) on four different levels of e-business (null, external, relational and internal), through an empirical investigation of 130 SMEs in the Spanish telecommunications sector. This was conducted by using a multinomial logistic model, validated by factor analysis. Our results support that in order to implement e-business, companies need to provide the acquisition, interpretation and storage of knowledge as prior steps. Then, to consolidate e-business, companies need to support the distribution of the knowledge learnt during previous phases. Our findings further suggest that knowledge acquisition is necessary to progress from relational level to internal level. Keywords: Internet; E-business; Organizational learning; Spain; Telecommunications; SMEs (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:ininma:v:27:y:2007:i:3:p:173-186 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2007.01.001 Access Statistics for this article International Journal of Information Management is currently edited by Yogesh K. Dwivedi More articles in International Journal of Information Management from Elsevier |
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