• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.83-111
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• 2009

Despite the growing emphasis on the importance of knowledge exchange among supply chain participants, few companies have fully exploited the knowledge resources held by their supply chain partners. Among many reasons for this phenomenon, recent literature on inter-firm knowledge exchange identifies knowledge complementarities between the supply channel partners as an important determinant of knowledge exchange. Firms participating in a supply chain are likely to exchange partners' complementary knowledge. In order to extract value from them, it is important to recognize the difference between the potential value and the implementation of this potential value. However, the literature fails to distinguish between potential knowledge complementarities and implemented knowledge complementarities. In order to realize the value of potential knowledge complementarities, knowledge should be exchanged and effectively integrated in the supply channel. Further, investigating inter-firm knowledge exchange from both partners' perspectives is important especially when there are interdependencies between the channel partners. The purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of potential knowledge complementarities on knowledge exchange in buyer-supplier relationships by looking at both partners' perspectives. This research also includes trust in partner's competence and inter-organizational information systems (IOIS) as they are relevant when the complementary knowledge flows between organizations. The data required for this field study was collected from 70 buyers and their suppliers in three multinational enterprises in two different industries (Automobile manufacturing and Telecommunication services) headquartered in Korea. The results indicate that potential knowledge complementarities between buyer and supplier do not directly influence knowledge exchange, but indirectly through trust in partner's competence. And the results indicate that competence-based trust and IOIS have direct effects on knowledge exchange. Empirical results also show that IOIS moderates the relationship between potential knowledge complementarities and knowledge exchange. This study is a first attempt to empirically verify the theoretical model about potential knowledge complementarities and to investigate the impact of potential knowledge complementarities on interfirm knowledge exchange. From a theoretical perspective, this study not only clarifies the distinction between potential knowledge complementarities and implemented knowledge complementarities, but also develops an instrument to measure the concept of potential knowledge complementarities in the context of operational and planning knowledge in a supply chain. Further, we develop a theoretical framework suggesting that potential knowledge complementarities of partners in a supply chain affect knowledge exchange directly and indirectly through competence-based trust. The findings from this study have some managerial implications for practicing managers as well. First, buyers should search for suppliers that have potential complementary knowledge, which can be integrated to create synergy through interfirm knowledge exchange. Furthermore, firms must develop mechanisms to identify potential complementary knowledge of partners. Second, firms should continue their endeavor to develop their own unique knowledge so that their knowledge can benefit the entire supply channel. Finally, trust among supply chain partners turns out to be an important factor for interfirm knowledge exchange. Therefore, effective management for engendering trustworthy buyer-supplier relationships should receive appropriate attention from managers.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.53-59
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• 2014

Background: In a safety perspective, efficient knowledge management is important for learning purposes and thus to prevent errors from occurring repeatedly. The relationship between knowledge exchange among employees and safety behavior may be of particular importance in distributed organizational systems where similar high-risk activities take place at several locations. This study develops and tests hypotheses concerning the relationship between knowledge exchange systems usage, knowledge exchange in the organizational system, and safety compliance. Methods: The operational context of the study is petroleum drilling and well operations involving distributed high-risk activities. The hypotheses are tested by use of survey data collected from a large petroleum operator company and eight of its main contractors. Results: The results show that safety compliance is influenced by use of knowledge exchange systems and degree of knowledge exchange in the organizational system, both within and between units. System usage is the most important predictor, and safety compliance seems to be more strongly related to knowledge exchange within units than knowledge exchange between units. Conclusion: Overall, the study shows that knowledge management is central for safety behavior.

• 지식경영연구
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.147-162
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• 2016

Knowledge sharing has many benefits; however, employees are generally reluctant to share their knowledge with co-workers. This reluctance can be attributed to the facts that sharing knowledge involves the threat of losing personal competitiveness and the codification of knowledge for sharing requires additional effort. This study explains why employees engage in knowledge sharing despite the threat and cost of sharing knowledge. Specifically, it examines the effects of the quality of co-worker exchange (CWX) on knowledge sharing and the moderating effect of learning goal orientation on the relationship between CWX and knowledge sharing. Data from 186 individuals indicate that there is a positive relationship between CWX and knowledge sharing, and that this relationship is strengthened when learning goal orientation is low rather than when it is high. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings are also discussed.

• 한국도서관정보학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.135-156
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• 2007

본 연구에서는 상업적인 지식정보유통업체(지식거래소)들의 지식정보유통구조를 분석하고자 하였으며, 다음과 같이 크게 네 가지로 나누어 지식거래소의 지식정보유통현황을 분석하고자 하였다. 첫째, 지식거래소에서 거래되는 지식정보의 유형, 지식정보량, 그리고 사이트 이용자의 규모 등을 분석하였다. 둘째, 지식거래소들의 지식정보유통구조를 분석하였다. 넷째, 저작권 침해가 발생할 수 있는 소지를 구체적으로 발견해 내고 설문조사를 통해 저작권 해결 현황을 파악하고자 하였다. 넷째, DRM의 적용 여부는 물론 DRM 적용시 부여되는 사용권한 제어방법에 대해서도 알아보고자 하였다.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제11권12호
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• pp.950-957
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• 2011

학문 분야의 융 복합화가 진행되고 웹 2.0 등장에 따른 온라인 협업 환경이 조성되면서 연구자들의 온라인 지식 교류 활동이 증가하고 있다. 국내에도 다양한 과학기술자 커뮤니티가 존재하나 단순 자료 교환 수준의 교류는 활발하나 고급 지식의 교류는 미약한 편이다. 글로벌 무한 경쟁 시대에 지식을 습득하고 자산화 하는데 소요되는 시간은 연구생산성에 큰 영향을 미치므로 과학기술자들의 온라인 지식 교류 활성화가 매우 중요한 상황이다. 본 연구에서는 과학기술자 지식 교류 서비스의 발전 방안을 제시하고자 참여 활성화, 지식 품질 제고, 교류 신속성을 주안점으로 하여 국내외의 다양한 지식 교류 서비스를 비교 분석하였으며 특히 국내의 대표적 사례인 KOSEN What is? 서비스 운영 사례를 집중 분석하였다. 연구 결과 교류되는 지식의 품질은 필수 조건이며 보다 활성화된 지식 교류를 위해서는 전문가 참여 유도, 전문가 매칭 시스템 개발, 지식 교류의 신속성 강화, 사용성 편의성 증진, 재미 요소 도입 등 다양한 운영 활동이 필요한 것으로 확인되었다.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.108-127
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• 2021

Purpose - On the basis of knowledge transfer theory, we empirically explored how three types of human resource (HR) innovation knowledge exchange within a Chaebol drive the global subsidiary performance of the headquarters (HQ) of a Chaebol's globally affiliated companies. Design/methodology - Using a sample of 176 Korean HQ firms of the top 53 Chaebols and 1,061 of their foreign manufacturing subsidiaries (n = 1,061), we tested the relationship between the exchange of explorative and exploitative sustainable HR innovation knowledge among HQ firms of Chaebols, their subsequent transfer of technical HR knowledge via technical schemas, and the subsequent impact on the global subsidiary performance. Findings - The Chaebols' decisions about the three strategic knowledge management options (i.e., the degree of exchange of explorative and exploitative technological HR innovation knowledge and the extent of HQ-subsidiary HR knowledge transfer) have highly significant relationships with the global subsidiary performance. The results help explains the conditions under which the explorative versus exchange of exploitative sustainable HR innovation knowledge pays off by showing the moderating role of the degree of HQ-to-subsidiary technical HR knowledge transfer, at least in the case of the Chaebol as one representative type of the emerging-market business groups. Originality/value - As the first of its kind in the field of sustainable HR innovation knowledge management at the business group level, the present study makes a clear contribution in demonstrating how the performance of Chaebols' manufacturing subsidiaries depends greatly on their strategy for management of knowledge, as reflected in the choices they make about sharing both explorative and exploitative sustainable HR innovation knowledge among HQ firms and the subsequent transfer of HQ's sustainable HR innovation knowledge to the foreign subsidiaries.

• 한국도서관정보학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.33-57
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• 2006

지식정보시대의 도래와 콘텐츠 유료화의 흐름을 타고 등장한 시장이 인터넷 지식거래소이다. 지식거래소는 일반적인 시장과 동일한 구조로서, 다양한 지식이 거래될 수 있고 개개인이 갖고 있는 지식에 가격을 책정하여 판매하고 또 필요한 지식이 있으면 적정한 가격에 구매할 수 있는 곳이 지식거래소이다. 최근에는 지식거래소들이 다른 사이트에 대해 차별성과 경쟁력을 확보하기 위해 디자인, 프로그램 소스 특허정보 컨설팅 정보 멀티미디어 자료 이력서 등으로 유통지식의 특성화 및 전문화를 추진하고 있으며, 그 이용률도 매우 높은 것으로 파악되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 이후 도서관 정보센터를 포함한 기존의 지식정보유통체계에 지대한 영향을 미칠 것으로 보이는 이들 지식거래소들의 현황을 조사함으로써 이후 국내 지식정보유통의 구조를 파악하고 이해하는데 도움이 되고자 한다.

• 융합경영연구
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2022

Purpose: This research investigates the differences in knowledge exchange activities and performances between startups and large companies in software industry clusters. Research design, data, and methodology: Six independent factors of human resource information, R&D and technology, marketing knowledge, government support information, strategic knowledge, and cooperation information were extracted to test the firm size effect in the relationships with two performance factors such as satisfaction with industry cluster location and satisfaction with financial performances. Data were collected through a survey of entrepreneurs, managers, and employees and tested by statistical analysis methodologies. Results: Three independent factors of human resource information, R&D and technology, and cooperation information were particularly significant in the relationship with both dependent factors. Strategic knowledge significantly affected financial performance. Knowledge exchange activities were more important in startups than in large companies for all eight factors. Conclusion: Policies for software industry clusters need a different approach for startups and large companies.

• 통상정보연구
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.313-330
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• 2006

The purpose of this paper is to study alliance managers' knowledge exchange in cyber communities. The ranges of people participating in various kinds of cyber communities has changed. While some communities require members to have particular skills or qualification, there are millions of open communities in which anyone with internet and web access can participate. Consequently, the majority of users in these open communities and many others are not technical people or skilled office workers. Through participating in the interpersonal knowledge exchange process, alliance managers save time, and are provided with opportunities to confirm their personal knowledge as up-to-date and relevant to the specific context. By using the interpersonal process, they conform with and confirm the community's social etiquette, which dictates its preference for the identified exchange mechanism.

• 경영정보학연구
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.195-217
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• 2005

개인은 지식의 공유를 일종의 거래 행위로 지각하고 있다. 이러한 지식공유에서 발생하는 거래는 경제적인 거래라기보다는 조직과 종업원간의 관계의 성격에서 파생되는 특수하고도 복잡한 형태의 거래로 추측된다. 특히 개인들 간의 상호작용을 통한 지식공유는 상황과 긴밀한 상호관련성에 의해 형성된다. 따라서 지식공유는 사회적 교환관계에 의해 설명이 가능하다고 볼 수 있다. 공공기관에 종사하는 178명의 공무원들을 대상으로 설문을 실시하여 분석한 결과, 공공기관 내 구성원간의 지식 공유는 관계특성요인과 개인특성요인이 신뢰와 조직몰입의 형성에 영향을 미치고, 형성된 신뢰와 조직몰입이 지식공유의도에 영향을 미치는 순차적인 단계를 거쳐 이루어짐을 확인할 수 있었다.