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IMPLEMENTATION OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN METALLURGICAL COMPANY

1 VILAMOVÁ Šárka
Co-authors:
2 MIKLOŠÍK Andrej 3 PIECHA Marian 1 JANOVSKÁ Kamila 1 ČECH Martin 1 BESTA Petr 1 ŠANDA Martin
Institutions:
1 VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Ostrava, Czech Republic, EU, sarka.vilamova@vsb.cz
2 University of Economics in Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia, EU
3 Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic, Praha, Czech Republic, EU
Conference:
25th Anniversary International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials, Hotel Voronez I, Brno, Czech Republic, EU, May 25th - 27th 2016
Proceedings:
Proceedings 25th Anniversary International Conference on Metallurgy and Materials
Pages:
2069-2075
ISBN:
978-80-87294-67-3
ISSN:
2694-9296
Published:
14th December 2016
Proceedings of the conference were published in Web of Science and Scopus.
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Abstract

Implementing knowledge management opens avenues for company growth, along with gaining and retaining a sustainable competitive advantage. Metallurgical sector has some specifics that need to be identified and addressed when preparing and launching knowledge management implementation projects. In this article, a model for calculating the investment into knowledge management initiative is presented taking into account the investments into research and development, effects of innovations and investments into knowledge management. Moreover, results of research regarding the particularities of metallurgical companies are presented and their effects on the implementation of knowledge management are assessed.

Keywords: metallurgical company, knowledge management, knowledge management implementation

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