Knowledge Management in the Sharing Economy: Cross-Sectoral Insights into the Future of Competitive Advantage

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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? Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 The Crazy New World of the Sharing Economy (Constantin Bratianu)....Pages 3-18 Reshaping Competition in the Age of Platforms: The Winners of the Sharing Economy (Florina Magdalena Pȋnzaru, Andreea Mitan, Alina Daniela Mihalcea)....Pages 19-38 The Sharing Economy in Post-communist Societies: Insights from Romania (Andreia Gabriela Andrei, Adriana Zait)....Pages 39-55 A Synthesis of the Sharing Economy in Romania and Russia (Laurenţiu-Mihai Treapăt, Anda Gheorghiu, Marina Ochkovskaya)....Pages 57-73 Behind the Sharing Economy: Innovation and Dynamic Capability (Patrizia Gazzola)....Pages 75-94 Nonprofit Organizations and the Sharing Economy: An Exploratory Study of the Umbrella Organizations (Alexandra Zbuchea, Sotirios Petropoulos, Beata Partyka)....Pages 95-114 Front Matter ....Pages 115-115 The World I Know: Knowledge Sharing and Subcultures in Large Complex Organisations (Nick Chandler, Aniko Csepregi, Balazs Heidrich)....Pages 117-143 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 The Nature and Dimensions of Knowledge Mobility for Competitive Advantage (Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen, Heidi Olander, Max Von Zedtwitz)....Pages 169-188 The Impact of Knowledge Management on the Market Performance of Companies (Aino Kianto, Henri Hussinki, Mika Vanhala)....Pages 189-207 Outsourcing and Business Networks in Top Southeastern European Banks: The Quest for Competitive Advantage (Luminiţa Nicolescu, Irina-Eugenia Iamandi)....Pages 209-233 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 Knowledge Risks in the Sharing Economy (Malgorzata Zieba, Susanne Durst)....Pages 253-270 Beyond Innovation: The Crazy New World of Industrial Mash-ups (Elena-Mădălina Vătămănescu, Vlad-Andrei Alexandru)....Pages 271-285