The role of knowledge management on firm performance: a case study of Iranian Pirouz Auto Development Group (PADG)

Abstract

Knowledge Management (KM) has emerged as a robust strategy to improve firm performance. Our purpose
is to identify the relationship between the main factor of knowledge elements (Knowledge Identification,
Acquire, Development, Distribution, Usage and Maintain) on the Iranian Pirouz Auto Development Group
(PADG). After gathering data by questionnaire and analyzing those by SPSS and LISREL 8.5, all hypothesis
were accept excepted the effect of acquisition, utilize and sharing knowledge on the firm performance in
this factory. Further researches have been offer and a very useful source of information for participates of
KM element in the firm performance offer at the end of this paper