Knowledge management practices as a contribution to innovation: A study of companies in the furniture industry

This book addresses knowledge management practices in the furniture industry. It understands that “the development of knowledge management practices can, in addition to promoting organizational learning, enhance innovation, leading to advances in organizational knowledge, ensuring the company's sustainability in the market and maintaining its competitiveness” (MARTIRE, 2010). The development of this study was supported to this end, and it continued to verify the use and importance attributed to knowledge management practices as a contribution to product and service innovation in companies in the furniture sector. This work is the result of a master's thesis in Management and Regional Development at UNIOESTE, with the collaboration of UNIOESTE researcher and professor Claudio Mioranza, PhD in Nuclear Materials Technology from IPEN/USP (2009) and Master's in Administration and Marketing from UFPB (2007). Adjunct Professor D at UNIOESTE since 1988, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses related to management. He has experience in the field of Administration, with an emphasis on Marketing.