Authors

1. Dr. K.K. Patra

Affiliation

• Professor of Finance and Dean (Administration) Rourkela Institute of Management Studies Rourkela
• innovation

Abstract

This paper critically examines the effect of knowledge management on innovation in the automobile industries in India. While there is an extensive literature on knowledge management and its value to firm’s competitiveness, there is little research and not much evidence addressing the relationship between knowledge management and innovation with respect to the automobile industries. It seems that even though in theory knowledge management studies knowledge creation and sharing, in practice knowledge and innovation literatures do not communicate. In this paper, through empirical analysis, this relationship is examined and discussed. Recommendations are also made as knowledge management is considered as one of the main determinants of innovation in the automobile industries in India. This paper seeks to provide the basis for a theoretical framework that enables a link to be drawn between management, innovation, workplace relations and organizational practices.

Keywords

Knowledge, automobile, , organizational, , management

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