Analysis of knowledge management in consulting companies under reorganization process
Resumo
The article analyzes the knowledge management practices of Russian consulting companies to ensure the sustainability of their intellectual capital in the context of withdrawal from global networks of international business. The research is based on official statistics reports, and interviews with managers of Russian consulting companies. After international consulting companies left the Russian market, their Russian divisions continued business activities as a reorganized firm, partially retaining their human and social capital. To compensate for the lost access to international knowledge bases and competence centres, the development of absorptive capacity helps. We confirmed the preservation of critical elements of absorptive capacity for knowledge management in Russian consulting companies, and identified priority areas for the development of intellectual capital - acquisition and mastering of knowledge.