Alignment between business and knowledge management strategies: The key to a sustainable competitive advantage

Hsiu Hua Chang, Chun Po Yin, Huey Wen Chou

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Abstract

In the era of knowledge economy, the necessity of recognizing knowledge as a key and intangible asset makes the effective management of knowledge a priority. Business strategy is the most important context for guiding effective knowledge management. And, knowledge management (KM) is also a dimension of business competitive strategy. Based on Miles and Snow's (1978) business strategy typology, as well as KM strategy types proposed by Hansen, Nohria and Tierney (1999), this study examines the impact of alignment on perceived sustainable competitive advantage between business strategy and KM strategy. The results indicate that the alignment of business strategy and KM strategy helps to promote a sustainable competitive advantage. But for different business strategy, alignment seems to influence competitive advantage only in Analyzers. The research findings confirm the importance of the alignment between business strategy and KM strategy. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009
Pages716-724
Number of pages9
StatePublished - 2009
Event15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009 - San Francisco, CA, United States
Duration: 6 Aug 20099 Aug 2009

Publication series

Name15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009
Volume2

Conference

Conference15th Americas Conference on Information Systems 2009, AMCIS 2009
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco, CA
Period6/08/099/08/09

Keywords

  • Alignment
  • Business strategy
  • Knowledge management strategy
  • Sustainable competitive advantage

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