The rationale behind this article is that frequently the link is not made between
organizations gaining competitive advantage and the use of good quality information
and maintaining the infrastructure to store, organize and retrieve that knowledge
and information. It will examine what constitutes competitive advantage and the use
of knowledge to create it. Specific types of knowledge that generate competitiveness
will be reviewed along with some examples of proactive usage.
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