Towards a Knowledge Sharing Model for Small Businesses

DOI

10.2991/itmr.2014.4.1.2How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Knowledge Management, Knowledge Sharing, Small Businesses, Naturalistic Decision Modelling, Innovation Diffusion Theory, Theory of Reasoned Action, Knowledge Sharing Model

Abstract

Small businesses contribute significantly in economy. However, a significant number of small businesses fail in five to ten years. Can knowledge sharing in these businesses make a difference? Research has found that knowledge sharing enhances organisational competitiveness and growth in medium and large enterprises. However, there is a lack of empirical studies on knowledge sharing in the domain of small businesses. This research aims to close the gap by developing a model for understanding knowledge sharing in small businesses. The model will be primarily built on Lipshitz et al.’s naturalistic decision modelling approach, Rogers’ innovation diffusion theory, and Ajzen & Fishbein’s theory of reasoned action. The model presents various factors and variables affecting knowledge sharing in small businesses in detail, and thus has both theoretical and practical implications. For the model, hypotheses are proposed, which will be tested in future empirical studies.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - JOUR
AU  - Jun Xu
AU  - Mohammed Quaddus
AU  - Xiangzhu Gao
PY  - 2014
DA  - 2014/03/01
TI  - Towards a Knowledge Sharing Model for Small Businesses
JO  - The International Technology Management Review
SP  - 12
EP  - 26
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
SN  - 1835-5269
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/itmr.2014.4.1.2
DO  - 10.2991/itmr.2014.4.1.2
ID  - Xu2014
ER  -