The Developing Trend Research of Knowledge Management Overseas Based on Word Frequency Analysis

This paper draws on word frequency analysis, a bibliometric methodology to examine KM research overseas from 1990 to 2006 and to study the developing trend of knowledge management. The results reveal that the intellectual structure has five aspects including management strategy, organizational change, process, technology and application; currently, researchers are focusing on sustained competitive advantage and organizational performance.; but the future topics would be more focus on dynamic capabilities , competitive advantage, absorptive capacity and strategic alliances.