Table 10: Companies’ orientation (inward/outward orientation)
INWARD no INWARD yes
OUTWARD no 45% 23%
OUTWARD yes 15% 15%
innovations and new knowledge management practices have emerged more often informally than
been established in a formal way. It seems that traditional knowledge management practices
(employee suggestion plans, regular project evaluation) are more often practiced than
organizational innovations aimed at supporting individual or collective learning.