GREGORIO MART N DE CASTRO is Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. He is also a Research Associate at CIC Spanish Knowledge Society Research Centre, he holds an expert Diploma in Intellectual Capital and Knowledge Management by IUEE and Insead, France, and he has been Fellow at Real Colegio Complutense-Harvard University during 2004-2005. He is author and co-author of several papers concerning Resource-Based View, Intellectual Capital and Knowledge Management PEDRO LOPEZ SAEZ is Assistant Professor of Buisness Administration at Unive

• Introduction PART ONE: THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY AND INTER-FIRM COMPETITION The Evolution of Economic Activity: Towards the Knowledge Society PART TWO: AN APPROACH TO ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING: THE EO-SECI MODEL Towards the Formulation of a Model of Knowledge Creation and Organizational Learning PART THREE: DESIGNING THE EMPIRICAL RESEARCH Sampling Procedures Measurement Tools Stages for Data Gathering PART FOUR: RESULTS FROM THE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE Preliminary Analysis Exploratory Factor Analysis: Organizational Learning Dynamics Found in the Knowledge-Intensive Firms of the Sample Estructural Ecuation Model and Confirmatory Factor Analysis Conclusion