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Figure 1: The actual situation of using KM strategies in SMEs
Only 25% of the surveyed respondents indicated that they had not yet implemented the
KM strategies in their SMEs but the activities were at planning phase. They anticipate the
implementation of the programs over the next period. 40% of the respondents indicated that
KM programs and activities were in active implementation and the results are very good. 35%
of the SMEs managers do not have a KM strategy in their business strategy.
Figure 2: Barriers to knowledge management implementation in SMEs
Managers` perceptions suggest that there are some barriers in the process of the implementation
of KM in SMEs. Only 26% of the surveyed respondents indicated that organizational
culture represents for them a barrier in the implementation of KM. 24% of the respondents
indicated that they do not have adequate KM strategies, 23% of the managers considered that
they do not have all the necessary resources to implement KM in SMEs, 15% of the respondents
indicated that the problem in implementing KM consists in their inadequate skills and
12% of the surveyed respondents considered management capability as a real barrier.
In a dynamic business environment, SMEs face with different difficulties. The results of
the quantitative research suggest that there are some success factors that were used to implement
KM and KM strategies in SMEs. The factors are: management, leadership and support;
restructure of the organizational culture; IT and technology; resources based view; infrastruc-