This chapter investigates the transformation of the current society from an industry-based economy to a knowledge-management and innovation-based economy. They show that it changes the design and implementation of business strategies and the nature of the competition among organizations which are mainly small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). Using data from a sample of 125 Mexican manufacturing SMEs, the authors find that knowledge management has a positive impact in products, process and management systems innovation.
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