The Effect of Protection of Intellectual Property Rights on Brain Drain from Selected Developing Investigating Infrastructural Barriers in Knowledge Management Implementation and Proposing an Improvement Model in Higher Education

Rabiee, Ali; Maali, Mahnaz

The Effect of Protection of Intellectual Property Rights on Brain Drain from Selected Developing Investigating Infrastructural Barriers in Knowledge Management Implementation and Proposing an Improvement Model in Higher Education

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To improve efficiency and gain competitive advantage many organizations consider, knowledge management activities imperative. This research considers seven factorsincludingstructure, inner processes, technology, culture, human resources, measurement and leadership to investigate and survey knowledge management implementation possibility in four different colleges in Iran. Research results shows that all surveyed centersdo not have suitable infrastructure to implement knowledge management. We find thatMeasurement, Leadership, Human Resource, Inner Processes, Culture, Technology and Structure are the most important obstacles in implementation of knowledge management at these institutions that should be improved

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