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1. INTRODUCTION Contemporary managem
1. INTRODUCTION Contemporary management theorists and practkey sources for creation and maintenance of sustainable competitive advantage in post-industrial economy (e.g., Grant, 1996). Thus the issues of managing knowledge ion lies in the very centre of these discus
sions, because new knowledge is believed
sions, because new knowledge is believed to allow a company to leave the competitors behind by undertaking innovative actions (Schumpeter, 1934). Nonaka by the SECI model that represents the four modes of knowledge creaalization, combination and internalization) (Nonaka,
Takeuchi, 1995). This model became very
Takeuchi, 1995). This model became very influential and it seems to have been accepted by the most part of the knowledge management community as universally The implicit assumptions about cultural universality of the management theories, held both by the authors of thes
e theories and those who read them aprac
e theories and those who read them apractice, have been seriously criticized during the last decades (e.g., Hofstede, 1980; Boyacigiller, Adler, 1991). However, these claims have reached the knowledge management discourse only very recently. While the potential influence o
f culture (both national and cy of knowl
f culture (both national and cy of knowledge management inaccepted (e.g., Bhagat et al., 2002; Chuan, 2005; Alavi et al., 2006) there is a little discussion es and models of knowledge related processes we use influenced by culture? Nonaka and Takeuchi (1995) repeatedly cla
im of the universal universal applicabil
im of the universal universal applicability The aim of this study is to continue this discussion and to explore the limits of applicability of the SECI model in Russian cultural context. We start with the overview of the literature on cultural issues in knowledge manage
ment, followed by the analysis of SECI m
ment, followed by the analysis of SECI model criticisms from cross-cultural perspective. Based on this, we identifymanagement tools that are aimed to support each mode of SECI model. Further on, we focus on availability of these conditions and applicability of these tools
in Russian cultural context. We conclude
in Russian cultural context. We conclude with some implications for both knowledge management theory and practice. 2. NATIONAL CULTURE AND KNOWLEDANALYSIS knowledge management has been recently Kohlbacher, Krähe, 2007; Ang, Massingham, 2multiple layers of culture
into knowledge management models has be
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