Authors:
Diana Antonova
;
Svilen Kunev
and
Irina Kostadinova
Affiliation:
Department of Management and Social Activities, University of Ruse “Angel Kanchev”, 8 Studentska str., Ruse, Bulgaria
Keyword(s):
Knowledge Creation, Exchange and Transfer, Shared Supplier Knowledge, Process Performance, Core Competencies, NPD, Value for Consumers.
Abstract:
Every industrial enterprise should apply effective knowledge creation and transfer as an instrument for increasing its competitiveness in strategic, long-term horizon. It makes the research of different techniques adopted by companies for turning knowledge into a competitive advantage extremely important both for academics and practitioners. Research works that analyse the key characteristics of creation of new knowledge, exchange and knowledge transfer put focus mainly on activities for research and development (R&D) in knowledge intensive industrial sectors, such as biotechnologies and information and communication technologies. In this paper, we explore the knowledge creation, exchange and transfer in the traditional mechanical engineering in Bulgaria, Germany, Japan and the USA.