Purpose –The topic of knowledge retention represents an underresearched field of study (Hislop, 2013); a situation that refers to all organizations, regardless of size. If one addresses the study of knowledge retention in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), however, there is a particular shortage of research. Against the prevalence of SMEs, this situation is unsatisfactory. […]

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review extant research on outsourcing and knowledge competences to establish our understanding and to identify gaps justifying further research activities.Design/methodology/approach – The study consists of a systematic review of refereed empirical articles on outsourcing and knowledge competences. In order to get access to the articles we […]