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Author
Matar Ibrahim (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania), Raudeliūnienė Jurgita (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania)
Title
A Road Map for Enhancing the Entrepreneurial Knowledge Potential of the Lebanese Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Source
Open Economics, 2018, vol. 1, iss. 1, s. 131-141, bibliogr. 70 poz.
Keyword
Zarządzanie wiedzą klienta, Wiedza, Proces zarządzania, Małe i średnie przedsiębiorstwa
Customer Knowledge Management (CKM), Knowledge, Management process, Small business
Note
JEL Classification: M1, M16, D8, D83
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Country
Liban
Lebanon
Abstract
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Lebanon constitute 90% of the country's enterprises (Kheir 2017). The Lebanese SMEs' entrepreneurial knowledge potential is not systematically developed to leverage the country's SMEs with a competitive advantage. Thus, the purpose of this article is to analyse knowledge management processes and to show how their implementation can work as a road map for enhancing the entrepreneurial knowledge potential of the Lebanese SMEs. Using the comparative analysis method along with the scientific literature review, the article will highlight knowledge management implementation gaps that have to be considered by entrepreneurs while establishing their SMEs focusing on the positive outcomes after implementation.(original abstract)
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ISSN
2451-3458
Language
eng
URI / DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/openec-2018-0007
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