The Role of Strategic Knowledge Management in Entrepreneurial Performance Exploratory study of the views of faculty members of Duhok Polytechnic University / Kurdistan Region of Iraq Research Extracted from a Doctoral Dissertation

Abstract

This study aims to Examines the Role of strategic knowledge Management in Entrepreneurial Performance at Duhok Polytechnic University. The study will rely on analyzing the relationship between the dimensions of strategic knowledge management, which are the generation, storage, distribution and application of strategic knowledge, and the dimensions of entrepreneurial performance which are creativity, risk-taking, proactiveness and autonomy. The main problem addressed by the study is: the lack of clarity regarding the nature and extent of the impact strategic knowledge management has in enhancing entrepreneurial performance among faculty members at the Duhok Polytechnic University, particularly how to achieve the main goal which is entrepreneurial performance that has become one of the key directions of the ministry of higher education and scientific research in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

      The importance of the study lies in highlighting on the role of strategic knowledge management as one of the modern managerial approaches in enhancing entrepreneurial performance within higher education institutes particularly in technical universities. The main purpose of the study is to analyze the nature and power of the relationship between strategic knowledge management and entrepreneurial performance.

     All data have been collected through the distribution of questionnaires to a number of college and institute faculty members at Duhok Polytechnic University. Statistical analyses techniques were used to analyze the data and extract the desired result and the key insights related to strategic knowledge management and its relationship with entrepreneurial performance.

    The results of the study have demonstrated the Importance of strategic knowledge management in enhancing entrepreneurial performance withing the university and provided scientific indicators that assist the university under study at enhancing its entrepreneurial performance through optimal investment in strategic knowledge.