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In most recent years, knowledge management (KM) has become a mainstream business focus in various sectors such as automobile manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries. This research attempts to contribute to the research and knowledge surroundings, by highlighting the importance of using knowledge management for pharmaceutical innovation. Therefore, the primary aim of this study is to highlight the effective role of knowledge management in the pharmaceutical innovation. Keywords: innovation; KIF; knowledge-intensive firm; knowledge management; pharmaceutical industry; RBV; resource-based view; SCA; sustainable competitive advantages. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: (2016) `: why does pharmaceutical industry need knowledge management?', Int. J. Knowledge Management Studies, Vol. 7, Nos. 3/4, pp.288304. Biographical note: Elham Elshafie Mohamed has obtained her PhD in Knowledge Management from Cairo University, Egypt shared with Keele University in the UK. She obtained her Master's degree in the Service Production. Currently, she is interested in the Quality, Accreditation and the Assurance of learning. She has extensive contributions in the fields of knowledge management and learning organisation. Introduction The pharmaceutical industry has created value primarily by generating and assembling information into knowledge applicable to human health. Therefore, it is critical to improving R&D productivity and reduce product cycle
International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies – Inderscience Publishers
Published: Jan 1, 2016
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