KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN THE LEARNING ECONOMY
The purpose of this paper is to show why the establishment of 'learningorganisations' must be a central element of knowledge management especially infirms operating on markets where product innovation is an important parameter ofcompetition. The argument straddles and combines insights related to managementand organisation theory with an evolutionary economic analysis of the relationshipbetween innovation, learning and knowledge. The wide use of information extendsthe potential for codifying knowledge but at the same time it makes tacit knowledgescarcer and it contributes to the formation of 'a learning economy' The argument issupported by an empirical analysis of survey data from Denmark showing that firmsthat introduce several organisational practices, assumed to characterise the learningorganisation, are more innovative than the average firm.