Knowledge management based collaboration moderator services to support SMEs in virtual organizations

Choudhary, Alok K. ; Harding, Jennifer A. ; Tiwari, Manoj K. ; Shankar, Ravi (2019) Knowledge management based collaboration moderator services to support SMEs in virtual organizations Production Planning & Control, 30 (10-12). pp. 951-970. ISSN 0953-7287

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2019.1582102

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2019.1582102

Abstract

Collaboration Moderator Services (CMS) are discussed as a Knowledge management service for SMEs operating in a virtual organization (VO). In this research, a CMS supports the pre-creation stage of a VO by quickly identifying potential business opportunities and collaborative partners. Text mining techniques are used to analyze calls for tender documents based on the competencies and areas of interest stored in the shared information about companies in a collaboration pool. A case study of UK-based SMEs demonstrates the application of text mining as a knowledge discovery tool, supporting SMEs at the pre-creation stage of a VO. Results show that text mining can be used to (1) identify possible business opportunities for SMEs in the collaborative network (2) Indicate potential collaborations between pairs of SMEs using link analysis and (3) Raise awareness of business opportunities and possible SME partners for multi-enterprise collaborations using a dimensional matrix.

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Keywords:Knowledge management; Collaboration; Moderator; Text mining; SMES.
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