Adam Smith’s scientific contributions

... Furthermore, some scholars, e.g., Smith (2013) and Hayek (1945), proposed the concept of knowledge integration, which is the combining specialized knowledge to improve organizational competitiveness (Berggren et al., 2001) or merging two or more originally unrelated knowledge structures into one (Schneider, 2012). Accordingly, the author proposes a model that integrates effective journal clubs into the organizational knowledge management process steps proposed by Darroch (2003) and Girard and Girard (2015), i.e., knowledge-creating or acquiring, sharing, and using. ...

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Integrating effective journal club activities into knowledge management processes to enhance evidence-based practice, service quality, research skills, and innovation among nurses: A literature review