Information and competitive advantage. Successful coexistence in vanguard organizations

Across a series of concepts and aspects associated to information management and knowledge, the importance of information to contemporary organizations is underlined. This is especially true when the company or institution relies on mechanisms that allow a free information flow and transfer, as well as knowledge generation. To highlight the importance of the information-knowledge relationship, the following concepts are emphasized: generation of differential value, organizational learning, competitive advantage, organizational schemes of information management and knowledge, human capital and information technologies.