Implicit knowledge as a factor of sustainable competitiveness for organizations

Abstract

Explicit and implicit knowledge as factors of competitiveness of organizations is considered in the article. It is concluded that in recent years, under the influence of accelerating the exchange of information, implicit knowledge becomes a relatively more significant factor of competitiveness. Among this implicit knowledge are individual skills and competence of teamwork, corporate culture. Competitiveness of an organization means achieving superiority over other organizations, while the results of its activities are better than those of competitors. A distinctive feature of implicit knowledge is that it cannot be transferred on any medium, it cannot be codified, and it is not transmitted in the form of information. It is formed in the process of obtaining personal and collective experience and is shared with the help of relatively long training and education. Its use makes it possible to create long-term sustainable competitive advantages that are difficult and sometimes impossible to transfer to another organization.