Knowledge Management as a solution for the shortage of competent employees in SMEs at the developing country (Case study: Vietnam)

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Knowledge Management as a solution for the shortage of competent employees in SMEs at the developing country (Case study: Vietnam)

Original language description

This paper presents partial results from the first empirical study of KM in SMEs of Vietnam. A preliminary survey had revealed that KM is an important issue for SMEs in Vietnam. With scarce resources compared to large firms, SMEs in developing countriesnormally focus on real and visible practical objectives. KM is perceived as a difficult-to-measure aspect as it belongs to strategic management for the long term and is mainly related to promoting innovation: not a field to which such SMEs are likely todedicate much effort. Using statistical analysis and fuzzy methodology, this paper formally verifies whether the inferences from the preliminary study really hold for the general population of Vietnamese SMEs, and from there proposes obvious actions to be taken to solve the shortage of competent employees. The findings presented in this paper could help academics and practitioners to understand more about the operations of SMEs in developing countries as well as to suggest a feasible app

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AE - Management, administration and clerical work

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2011

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Journal of Systems Integration

ISSN

1804-2724

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Volume of the periodical

2

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

38-46

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