{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1963794992","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/09593840310489386","title":"Exploring uncertainty and emotion in the knowledge\u2010based theory of the firm","display_name":"Exploring uncertainty and emotion in the knowledge\u2010based theory of the firm","publication_year":2003,"publication_date":"2003-09-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1963794992","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/09593840310489386","mag":"1963794992"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1108/09593840310489386","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/09593840310489386","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/09593840310489386","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S185256354","display_name":"Information Technology and People","issn_l":"0959-3845","issn":["0959-3845","1758-5813"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","fnege-2","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Information Technology & People","raw_type":"journal-article"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5024848787","display_name":"J.\u2010C. Spender","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0803-4622","observed_orcids":["https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0803-4622"]},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I204136569","display_name":"The Open University","ror":"https://ror.org/05mzfcs16","country_code":"GB","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I204136569"]}],"countries":["GB"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"J.\u2010C. Spender","raw_affiliation_strings":["Open University Business School, Milton Keynes, UK"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Open University Business School, Milton Keynes, UK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I204136569"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5024848787"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I204136569"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":3.9016,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":45,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.94286773,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"16","issue":"3","first_page":"266","last_page":"288"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10003","display_name":"Innovation and Knowledge Management","score":0.5435000061988831,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10003","display_name":"Innovation and Knowledge Management","score":0.5435000061988831,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1408","display_name":"Strategy and Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14222","display_name":"Knowledge Management and Technology","score":0.18850000202655792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10344","display_name":"Management and Organizational Studies","score":0.07460000365972519,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1407","display_name":"Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/14","display_name":"Business, Management and Accounting"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/uncertainty","display_name":"uncertainty","score":0.8700000047683716},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/emotions","display_name":"emotions","score":0.843999981880188},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-based-view-of-the-firm","display_name":"knowledge-based view of the firm","score":0.828000009059906},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-deficiency","display_name":"knowledge deficiency","score":0.7549999952316284},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/indeterminacy","display_name":"indeterminacy","score":0.9879999756813049},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ignorance","display_name":"ignorance","score":0.9980000257492065},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/incommensurability","display_name":"incommensurability","score":0.996999979019165},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/strategic-knowledge","display_name":"strategic knowledge","score":0.48500001430511475},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/rational-decision-making","display_name":"rational decision-making","score":0.7570000290870667},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/organizational-identity","display_name":"organizational identity","score":0.8360000252723694},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/september-11-attacks","display_name":"September 11 attacks","score":0.8820000290870667}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C7493553","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1520777","display_name":"Certainty","level":2,"score":0.80290287733078},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778732403","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q815577","display_name":"Ignorance","level":2,"score":0.729302167892456},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776291640","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2912517","display_name":"Value (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.5682873725891113},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780791683","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q846785","display_name":"Action (physics)","level":2,"score":0.5587517023086548},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94124525","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q912550","display_name":"Categorization","level":2,"score":0.5471930503845215},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.539932131767273},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776035688","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1606558","display_name":"Affect (linguistics)","level":2,"score":0.5394698977470398},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777366796","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6017758","display_name":"Indeterminacy (philosophy)","level":2,"score":0.4835043251514435},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778355321","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17079427","display_name":"Identity (music)","level":2,"score":0.47642335295677185},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77805123","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161272","display_name":"Social psychology","level":1,"score":0.45726004242897034},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.4461009204387665},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C25343380","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q277521","display_name":"Relation (database)","level":2,"score":0.4140295684337616},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.3584710657596588},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C180747234","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23373","display_name":"Cognitive psychology","level":1,"score":0.32936856150627136},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.18080779910087585},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24890656","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82811","display_name":"Acoustics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C46312422","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11024","display_name":"Communication","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77088390","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8513","display_name":"Database","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1108/09593840310489386","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1108/09593840310489386","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1108/09593840310489386","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S185256354","display_name":"Information Technology and People","issn_l":"0959-3845","issn":["0959-3845","1758-5813"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"listed_in":["abdc-a","anvur-class-a","anvur-scientific","cwts-core","fnege-2","jufo-2","norway-1","poland-100","russia-white-list-1","vabb-shw"],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319811","host_organization_name":"Emerald Publishing Limited","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319811"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Emerald Publishing Limited"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Information Technology & People","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"display_name":"Peace, justice, and strong institutions","score":0.7699999809265137,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":59,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W149571546","https://openalex.org/W158727920","https://openalex.org/W274377758","https://openalex.org/W1267267802","https://openalex.org/W1488155844","https://openalex.org/W1493152184","https://openalex.org/W1495419098","https://openalex.org/W1511343964","https://openalex.org/W1518732113","https://openalex.org/W1521777280","https://openalex.org/W1527935828","https://openalex.org/W1536243131","https://openalex.org/W1547304278","https://openalex.org/W1562680794","https://openalex.org/W1584697775","https://openalex.org/W1591958844","https://openalex.org/W1762094362","https://openalex.org/W1854481739","https://openalex.org/W1895366050","https://openalex.org/W1915178070","https://openalex.org/W1974417962","https://openalex.org/W1976810358","https://openalex.org/W1978246972","https://openalex.org/W1992246166","https://openalex.org/W1998223630","https://openalex.org/W2000465687","https://openalex.org/W2003888798","https://openalex.org/W2009202666","https://openalex.org/W2020164519","https://openalex.org/W2035692805","https://openalex.org/W2055437009","https://openalex.org/W2073984231","https://openalex.org/W2092032279","https://openalex.org/W2124026098","https://openalex.org/W2134230545","https://openalex.org/W2137358449","https://openalex.org/W2143943407","https://openalex.org/W2150587481","https://openalex.org/W2153656501","https://openalex.org/W2163812366","https://openalex.org/W2179492332","https://openalex.org/W2318978523","https://openalex.org/W2328418989","https://openalex.org/W2490343105","https://openalex.org/W2494033181","https://openalex.org/W2751379301","https://openalex.org/W3021840452","https://openalex.org/W3121147769","https://openalex.org/W3124140110","https://openalex.org/W3130801722","https://openalex.org/W3173899014","https://openalex.org/W3199731322","https://openalex.org/W4244294354","https://openalex.org/W4248982443","https://openalex.org/W4285719527","https://openalex.org/W4298413470","https://openalex.org/W4301958211","https://openalex.org/W4388147587","https://openalex.org/W6739592213"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4388132065","https://openalex.org/W6990648365","https://openalex.org/W2046842566","https://openalex.org/W2126802283","https://openalex.org/W3043957635","https://openalex.org/W2189029306","https://openalex.org/W2250805061","https://openalex.org/W4388565246","https://openalex.org/W2904441743","https://openalex.org/W7096825289"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Uncertainty,":[0],"managers\u2019":[1],"frequent":[2],"companion":[3],"as":[4,26,58,83,187],"they":[5,188],"guide":[6],"firms":[7],"towards":[8],"anticipated":[9],"goals,":[10],"is":[11,22,69,116,139,143],"poorly":[12],"dealt":[13],"with":[14],"in":[15,126,151],"theories":[16],"of":[17,30,43,47,61,81,106,174],"the":[18,27,133,149,163,169,179],"firm.":[19],"If":[20],"knowledge":[21,62,108,182],"to":[23,37,74,91,147,168],"be":[24],"treated":[25],"most":[28],"strategic":[29],"assets,":[31],"we":[32],"must":[33],"consider":[34],"its":[35],"relation":[36],"uncertainty.":[38,48,110],"Knowledge":[39],"suggests":[40],"a":[41,87,104],"degree":[42],"certainty,":[44],"an":[45],"absence":[46],"The":[49,76,111,157],"paper":[50,77,158],"draws":[51,78],"on":[52,79],"prior":[53],"research":[54],"and":[55,66,109,119,124,131,171],"categorize":[56],"uncertainty":[57],"three":[59],"types":[60],"deficiency:":[63],"indeterminacy,":[64],"ignorance":[65],"incommensurability.":[67],"It":[68,138],"argued":[70,140],"that":[71,97,141,181],"uncertainties":[72],"lead":[73],"emotion.":[75],"analysis":[80],"emotions":[82,129],"value":[84],"judgments,":[85],"indicating":[86],"person":[88],"attaches":[89],"significance":[90],"things":[92],"lying":[93],"outside":[94],"her/his":[95,99],"control":[96],"affect":[98],"goals.":[100],"This":[101],"insight":[102],"opens":[103],"way":[105],"relating":[107],"impetus":[112],"behind":[113],"this":[114],"approach":[115],"partly":[117,120],"theoretical":[118],"personal,":[121],"from":[122,160],"observing":[123],"participating":[125],"New":[127],"Yorkers\u2019":[128],"during":[130],"after":[132],"September":[134],"2001":[135],"WTC":[136],"attacks.":[137],"it":[142],"no":[144],"longer":[145],"acceptable":[146],"ignore":[148],"ways":[150],"which":[152],"emotion":[153],"shapes":[154],"our":[155],"knowledge.":[156],"moves":[159],"rational":[161,190],"self\u2010interest,":[162],"calculative":[164],"basis":[165,173],"for":[166],"organization,":[167],"social":[170],"cultural":[172],"identity":[175],"through":[176],"action,":[177],"pursuing":[178],"idea":[180],"deficiencies":[183],"produce":[184],"emotional":[185],"responses":[186],"arrest":[189],"decision":[191],"making.":[192]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":4}],"updated_date":"2026-10-16T09:59:22.235173","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}