Publication Authors: Aino Kianto

Ilona Toth, Aino Kianto, Anna-Maija Nisula

There are many types of uncertainties that the contemporary working life – including public and private sector organizations – needs to cope with to operate successfully and to maintain their competitive advantage. Worldwide crises, shortage of labour, and the need to adjust quickly to the changing environment call for a new type of organizational resilience. […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2023 – Managing Knowledge for Sustainability
511-519
Anna-Maija Nisula, Kirsimarja Blomqvist, Henri Hussinki, Aino Kianto

The objective of this study is to advance understanding on the future knowledge management research directions through collective academic creativity. Specifically, drawing from collective creativity research and futures research, we developed an online workshop method and implemented it among Knowledge Management Team members at Lappeenranta Lahti University of Technology (LUT University). While the online workshop […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2022 – Knowledge Drivers for Resilience and Transformation
901-913
Gang Liu, Aino Kianto, Eric Tsui

This study aims to examine the relationships among intellectual capital, customer value creation, employee job satisfaction, and market performance of firms in the Chinese context. A questionnaire survey was administrated with data collected from email, field visits, and an online platform. The hypotheses test and analysis were conducted with structural equation modelling. Human capital is […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2019 – Knowledge Ecosystems and Growth
1880-1891
Josune Sáenz, Aino Kianto, Nekane Aramburu

The aim of this paper is to determine the influence of IT-based and personal interaction-based knowledge management (KM) practices on organizational learning (OL) and on relative customer value performance (i.e. performance against competitors), and to analyse the moderating role of technology level in these relationships. To test the above, we have used survey data from […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2018 – Societal Impact of Knowledge and Design
914-925
Aino Kianto, Anna-Maija Nisula, Henri Inkinen, Mika Vanhala

The purpose of this paper is to present the framework and research design of a two-year European Social Fund project which aims to improve the abilities of logistics SMEs in Kymenlaakso region to utilize knowledge management tools and practices for improving management and organizing of work. The paper describes the rationale, activities and expected outputs […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2017 – Knowledge Management in the 21st Century: Resilience, Creativity and Co-creation
1639-1648
Henri Inkinen, Paavo Ritala, Mika Vanhala, Aino Kianto

This study aims at furthering this discussion by empirically examining on how the firm’s knowledge-base (i.e. intellectual capital) and the abilities to utilize and develop it (i.e. knowledge management) are associated with firm performance outcomes. In particular, the purpose is to examine firms with different profiles concerning their overall levels of IC and the KM […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2016 – Towards a New Architecture of Knowledge: Big Data, Culture and Creativity
1107-1121
Sladjana Cabrilo, Aino Kianto, Neda Raspopovic

Purpose – In the changing business environment, organizational capability to create innovation can be considered as a prerequisite to sustain its growth. Therefore, it becomes important for both academics and practitioners to examine all drivers (tangible and intangible) of innovation process. In researching the linkages between intellectual capital (IC) and innovation, it is widely accepted […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2015 – Culture, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Connecting the Knowledge Dots
989-1000
Henri Inkinen, Aino Kianto, Mika Vanhala, Paavo Ritala

Purpose – Organizational performance is increasingly grounded on knowledge-related issues. The seminal academic discussions addressing this phenomenon revolve around the concept of Intellectual Capital (IC) (e.g. Edvinsson & Malone, 1997; Sullivan, 1998). IC is typically divided to human, structural and relational capital assets possessed by an organization (e.g. Bontis, 2001; Guthrie, 2001). We expand this […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2014 – Knowledge and Management Models for Sustainable Growth
2918-2933