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Knowledge Management in the Sharing Economy

Cross-Sectoral Insights into the Future of Competitive Advantage

  • Helps readers to achieve an insight into the interaction between knowledge management and the sharing economy
  • Provides cross-sectoral and cross-national approaches to compare and distinguish industry and country specific nuances
  • Addresses both current phenomena and future challenges compelling readers to look ahead and think outside the box

Part of the book series: Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning (IAKM, volume 6)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
  2. Keeping Pace with the Sharing Economy: From Concept to Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. The Crazy New World of the Sharing Economy

      • Constantin Bratianu
      Pages 3-18
    3. Reshaping Competition in the Age of Platforms: The Winners of the Sharing Economy

      • Florina Magdalena Pȋnzaru, Andreea Mitan, Alina Daniela Mihalcea
      Pages 19-38
    4. The Sharing Economy in Post-communist Societies: Insights from Romania

      • Andreia Gabriela Andrei, Adriana Zait
      Pages 39-55
    5. A Synthesis of the Sharing Economy in Romania and Russia

      • Laurenţiu-Mihai Treapăt, Anda Gheorghiu, Marina Ochkovskaya
      Pages 57-73
    6. Nonprofit Organizations and the Sharing Economy: An Exploratory Study of the Umbrella Organizations

      • Alexandra Zbuchea, Sotirios Petropoulos, Beata Partyka
      Pages 95-114
  3. Knowledge Management in the Sharing Economy: Edges and Hedges

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 115-115
    2. The World I Know: Knowledge Sharing and Subcultures in Large Complex Organisations

      • Nick Chandler, Aniko Csepregi, Balazs Heidrich
      Pages 117-143
    3. Knowledge Sharing as a Driver of Competitive Advantage: Two Cases from the Field

      • Alexeis Garcia-Perez, Juan Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro, Mahsa M. Jahantab
      Pages 145-167
    4. The Nature and Dimensions of Knowledge Mobility for Competitive Advantage

      • Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen, Heidi Olander, Max Von Zedtwitz
      Pages 169-188
    5. The Impact of Knowledge Management on the Market Performance of Companies

      • Aino Kianto, Henri Hussinki, Mika Vanhala
      Pages 189-207
    6. Developing Instruments for Evidence-Based Policy Making: A Case Study in Knowledge Management for the Public Sector

      • Loredana Radu, Alina Bârgăoanu, Flavia Durach, Georgiana Udrea
      Pages 235-252
    7. Knowledge Risks in the Sharing Economy

      • Malgorzata Zieba, Susanne Durst
      Pages 253-270
    8. Beyond Innovation: The Crazy New World of Industrial Mash-ups

      • Elena-Mădălina Vătămănescu, Vlad-Andrei Alexandru
      Pages 271-285

About this book

This volume explores the challenge of engaging knowledge management in a sharing economy. In a hyper-competitive business environment, everything tends to be digital, virtual and highly networked, which raises the issue of how knowledge management can support the decision whether or not to share strategic resources or capabilities. The book answers questions such as: to what extent does the sharing economy preserve or compromise the competitive advantage of organizations? And what are the knowledge-management strategies for competitive, yet cautious sharing dynamics?



Editors and Affiliations

  • The National University of Political Studies and Public Administration (SNSPA), Bucharest, Romania

    Elena-Mădălina Vătămănescu, Florina Magdalena Pînzaru

About the editors

Elena-Mădălina Vătămănescu is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Management (SNSPA, Bucharest, Romania). She is Associate Member of the International Association for Knowledge Management (IAKM) and Deputy Head of the Research Center in Management and Leadership within SNSPA. Her main research interests are: business internationalization, knowledge management, intellectual capital, organizational diagnosis and online social networks.


Florina Pînzaru is Associate Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Management (SNSPA, Bucharest). She is Associate Member of the International Association for Knowledge Management (IAKM), Head of the Research Center in Management and Leadership within SNSPA and Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy. Her main research interests are: social media and digitization, online marketing, sharing economy and SMEs development strategies.


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eBook USD 109.00
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Softcover Book USD 139.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 139.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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