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‘The person with maximum knowledge will win the race’: Conceptualising knowledge in micro-businesses

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Haq, Muhibul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6281-5999 and Davies, J. (2020) ‘The person with maximum knowledge will win the race’: Conceptualising knowledge in micro-businesses. Journal of Small Business Management, 61 (2). pp. 295-321. ISSN 0047-2778; eISSN 1540-627X

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Official URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00472...

Abstract

The concept of knowledge and the process of knowledge sharing in ethnic minority micro-businesses remains neglected in contemporary debates even if their role for economic development is recognised. Drawing on a culturalist view, we explore how knowledge is defined and shared in a local niche market. Thematic analysis of semi-structured qualitative interviews with 32 owner-managers and 11 employee-managers reveals that, contrary to studies on larger firms, local knowledge creation and sharing narrowly based on ethnic strengths are valuable sources of competitive advantage. Our study has implications for researchers, policy-makers and practitioners in exploring, supporting and integrating ethnic minority micro-businesses.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords:	Knowledge, knowledge sharing, microbusinesses, South Asian ethnic minority, West Yorkshire
Divisions:	College of Business, Psychology and Sport > Worcester Business School
Related URLs:	https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/ujb... Publisher
Copyright Info:	© 2020 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC., This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Depositing User:	Muhibul Haq
Date Deposited:	28 Jan 2025 19:07
Last Modified:	28 Jan 2025 19:07
URI:	https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/14546

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