KNOWLEDGE STICKINESS, KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT, AND THEIR IMPACT ON FIRM LEVEL COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

This paper explores the areas of Knowledge Stickiness and Knowledge Management. In doing so, it develops a set of propositions for considering the Stickiness of Knowledge as a construct to be used to understand the impact of knowledge management strategies and firm-level performance within agiven industry. The result of this work builds on previous work in knowledge management and business strategy thus providing a research stream that looks at the relationship between a firm’s knowledge management strategy and how the firm views its boundaries with other firms in the industry.