Article: Research and technology organisations: how do they manage their knowledge? Journal: International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management (IJEIM) 2007 Vol.7 No.6 pp.556 - 575 Abstract: This paper analyses the knowledge management practices of Spanish Technology Institutes (TIs). TIs are non-profit organisations that perform Research and Development (R&D) activities aimed at improving competitiveness by encouraging firms| technological and innovative capabilities. To achieve these objectives, TIs use the explicit and tacit knowledge embedded in their human resources, the technical possibilities of their technological and physical infrastructure, their relationship networks, and their ability to manage this combined intellectual capital. In other words they are required to exploit their intellectual capital as an essential part of their activities. Key to this is implementation of a system to collect, aggregate, manage, disseminate and analyse the information that constitutes its intellectual capital. This paper aims to describe how effectively TIs manage their knowledge, the processes involved and the factors that motivate their efforts. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Research and technology organisations: how do they manage their knowledge?

Authors: Andres Barge-Gil, Ana Belen Lemus-Torres, Ramon Nunez-Sanchez, Aurelia Modrego-Rico

Addresses: Laboratorio de Analisis y Gestion del Cambio Tecnico, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, C/ Madrid 126-28003, Getafe, Spain. ' Laboratorio de Analisis y Gestion del Cambio Tecnico, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, C/ Madrid 126-28003, Getafe, Spain. ' Universidad de Cantabria and Centro Tecnologico en Logistica Integral Cantabria (CTL Cantabria), Avda. Los Castros, s/ n 39005 Santander, Spain. ' Laboratorio de Analisis y Gestion del Cambio Tecnico, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, C/ Madrid 126-28003, Getafe, Spain

Abstract: This paper analyses the knowledge management practices of Spanish Technology Institutes (TIs). TIs are non-profit organisations that perform Research and Development (R&D) activities aimed at improving competitiveness by encouraging firms| technological and innovative capabilities. To achieve these objectives, TIs use the explicit and tacit knowledge embedded in their human resources, the technical possibilities of their technological and physical infrastructure, their relationship networks, and their ability to manage this combined intellectual capital. In other words they are required to exploit their intellectual capital as an essential part of their activities. Key to this is implementation of a system to collect, aggregate, manage, disseminate and analyse the information that constitutes its intellectual capital. This paper aims to describe how effectively TIs manage their knowledge, the processes involved and the factors that motivate their efforts.

Keywords: technology institutes; research and technology organisations; RTOs; intellectual capital management; organisational knowledge; human capital; structural capital; relational capital; count data models; knowledge management; innovation; entrepreneurship; Spain; research and development; R&D; networks.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEIM.2007.014597

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 2007 Vol.7 No.6, pp.556 - 575

Published online: 17 Jul 2007 *

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