Achieving Environmental Sustainability through Knowledge Management: a Survey Conducted among Corporates in the Czech Republic

• Authors: Magdalena Saczyna
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

It is now widely recognized that knowledge assets and technological enhancements are essential strategic resources for any organisation to achieve competitive advantage and sustainability. The imperative for achieving this efficiency is in transfer of relevant information for decision-making across all levels of company structure. It can be done with well-disposed knowledge management system, that improves the overall corporate performance. This paper examines how companies in Czech Republic manage their internal knowledge associated with environmental sustainability so as to improve their overall corporate performance.

Keywords

EN

Environmental sustainability; Sustainability; Knowledge Management

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Journal of Intercultural Management
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 133-141

Dates

published

2015-09-01

online

2016-01-29

Contributors

author

Magdalena Saczyna

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/joim-2015-0025