Configuring Knowledge Management for Social Enterprise: Detecting Antecedents and its Maneuvers to Social Improvements

Abstract

This study tried to address the role of knowledge management unto social enterprise due to their unique-respective characteristics. The analysis began with proposing twofold of questions, namely how to bring-in the concept of knowledge management unto social enterprise and how KM shall maneuvers social enterprise to gain sustainable competitive advantage. Having combined two fields of studies: knowledge management and social entrepreneurship, the study found seven antecedents, ranging from strong vision-mission, technology infrastructure, organizational fitness, learning culture, employee capability, leaderships style and knowledge network. These antecedents are simultaneously providing basis for KM process in which appointing new knowledge re-juvenescence as the ultimate outcome. Furthermore, this is the triggered for continuous social improvement which then creating reverse flow as signaled from our human tremendous growth. Having more attention to the antecedents and proposed framework might help social enterprise to accomplish its ultimate goals, bringing society to higher quality of life.

Keywords: Knowledge Management; Culture; Social Enterprise; Sustainable Competitive Advantage