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Using the PRISMA approach, a systematic review of 44 empirical and conceptual articles published between 2020 and 2024 was conducted. The findings indicate eight key variables that are critical for strengthening KM: leadership, technology, entrepreneurial orientation, strategic orientation, learning orientation, innovation, human resource management, and high-performance work systems. The findings show that leadership promotes collaboration and trust, creating a supportive environment for KM. Technological advancements facilitate efficient knowledge sharing and application, while strategic alignment ensures KM supports organizational goals. Human resource practices engage employees in knowledge processes, and high-performance work systems enhance knowledge acquisition and utilization. Innovation drives the generation of new ideas, and entrepreneurial orientation encourages a proactive approach to leveraging knowledge for competitive advantage. Despite the growing interest in KM, challenges such as resistance to change, inadequate infrastructure, and varying employee readiness hinder its effective implementation. This study emphasizes the need for an integrated KM approach that addresses these barriers while aligning KM strategies with organizational needs. 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The manuscript has been revised accordingly as outlined below.  \n<b>Title<\/b> \n<b>Comment:<\/b> Title: Ok. \n<b>Response:<\/b> No changes were made to the title.  \n<b>Abstract<\/b> \n<b>Comment:<\/b> Please add key findings and revise keywords for greater focus. \n<b>Response:<\/b> The Abstract has been revised to explicitly summarise the main findings of the review. The keywords have also been refined to focus more clearly on the core concepts and methods covered in the study.  \n<b>Introduction<\/b> \n<b>Comment:<\/b> Some sentences are too long; please make them more concise and avoid repetition. Research gaps are still general and not clear enough; formulate research objectives with only 2\u20133 main focuses. \n<b>Response:<\/b> The Introduction has been edited to remove repetitive and unnecessarily long sentences, making the narrative more concise and focused. The research gaps have been clarified and specified, and the research objectives have been reformulated.  \n<b>2. Literature Review<\/b> \n<b>Comment:<\/b> Generally ok. \n<b>Response:<\/b> No major structural changes were required.  \n<b>3. Methodology<\/b> \n<b>Comment:<\/b> PRISMA flowchart is not detailed; please add numbers at each selection stage. \n<b>Response:<\/b> The PRISMA flowchart (Figure 1) include the number of articles at each identification, screening, eligibility, and inclusion stage, in line with PRISMA reporting standards. \n<b>Comment:<\/b> Inclusion\/exclusion criteria are still too general. \n<b>Response:<\/b> The description of the inclusion and exclusion criteria has been expanded and specified in greater detail, explaining conceptual, methodological, temporal, and language-related boundaries of the review. \n<b>Comment:<\/b> Provide a search strategy table (database, keywords, number of results). \n<b>Response:<\/b> A search strategy table has been added as \n<b>Table 1<\/b>.  \n<b>4. Results<\/b> \n<b>Comment:<\/b> The summary table is still a list, lacking analysis. \n<b>Response:<\/b> We have revised the summary of the included studies by adding a new Table 3, which restructures the information into more analytical columns to enhance clarity and readability.  \n<b>5. Discussion<\/b> \n<b>Comment:<\/b> The discussion still repeats results with limited causal analysis, unclear theoretical contributions and framework novelty, and insufficient comparison with previous systematic reviews. \n<b>Response:<\/b> We have clarified the theoretical contributions by adding \n<b>Figure 3<\/b>, which presents the proposed conceptual framework as the main theoretical contribution of this review. The figure highlights how the model extends previous frameworks and can be used as a basis for future empirical research.  \n<b>6. Conclusion<\/b> \n<b>Comment:<\/b> Please separate theoretical, practical contributions, and future research directions, using data-driven sentences. \n<b>Response:<\/b> The final section has been reorganised into two subsections, Conclusion and Recommendations.  We sincerely thank the reviewer for the insightful comments, which have significantly improved the clarity, rigour, and contribution of our manuscript.","URL":"https:\/\/f1000research.com\/articles\/14-738\/v2#referee-comment-15041","order":1,"name":"referee-comment-15041","label":"Referee Comment","group":{"name":"article-reports","label":"Article Reports"}},{"value":"10.5256\/f1000research.182019.r409817, Umair Zia, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, 19 Sep 2025, version 1, 1 approved, 1 not approved","URL":"https:\/\/f1000research.com\/articles\/14-738\/v1#referee-response-409817","order":2,"name":"referee-response-409817","label":"Referee Report","group":{"name":"article-reports","label":"Article Reports"}},{"value":"<b>Muhammad Taufik Mardian<\/b>; \n<i>Posted: 09 Dec 2025<\/i>; Thank you for this valuable comment regarding the methodological rigour of the review. The Methods section has been revised to provide a clearer and more transparent account of the review process and article selection. In particular, a new Table 1 (\u201cSearch strategy and results\u201d) has been added, summarising each screening stage, the corresponding inclusion criteria, and the number of records retained at each step, from initial identification to full-text eligibility. The description of the inclusion and exclusion criteria has also been refined to better justify the selection of the final 44 articles. These revisions are intended to strengthen the credibility and replicability of the review.&nbsp;We sincerely appreciate your constructive feedback and consideration, which have been very helpful in improving the methodological clarity and overall quality of our manuscript.","URL":"https:\/\/f1000research.com\/articles\/14-738\/v2#referee-comment-15042","order":3,"name":"referee-comment-15042","label":"Referee Comment","group":{"name":"article-reports","label":"Article Reports"}},{"value":"10.5256\/f1000research.193303.r443025, Hellen Ogutu, Doctoral School of Economics and Regional Science,, Godollo, 08 Jan 2026, version 2, 1 approved, 2 not approved","URL":"https:\/\/f1000research.com\/articles\/14-738\/v2#referee-response-443025","order":4,"name":"referee-response-443025","label":"Referee Report","group":{"name":"article-reports","label":"Article Reports"}},{"value":"<b>Muhammad Taufik Mardian<\/b>; \n<i>Posted: 27 Apr 2026<\/i>; Thank you for this valuable comment. We agree that the previous version was largely descriptive and did not sufficiently clarify the novelty of the review. In response, we revised the Introduction to explain the novelty more clearly. The manuscript now emphasizes that the review does not only identify KM-related factors, but also organizes them into an integrative conceptual framework. This revision helps move the manuscript beyond a descriptive list of variables and provides a clearer conceptual contribution.  1.&nbsp;The manuscript addresses a&nbsp;relevant topic.&nbsp;However, the review is&nbsp;largely descriptive. It identifies key KM factors but does not sufficiently explain&nbsp;what is new&nbsp;compared to existing KM reviews, nor does it integrate the findings through a clear&nbsp;theoretical lens. \n<b>Author response:<\/b> Thank you for this comment. We revised the Introduction to clarify the novelty of the study. The manuscript now explains that the review does not only identify KM factors, but also organizes them into an integrative conceptual framework. In addition, we added a new subsection, Section 4.3 Conceptual Framework, to synthesize the identified factors into broader conceptual categories and explain their contribution to KM effectiveness.  2.&nbsp;The research question is broad, and the conceptual framework requires stronger theoretical justification. \n<b>Author response: <\/b>Thank you for the suggestion. We revised the research question to make it more focused and aligned with the conceptual framework. We also strengthened the theoretical justification by explaining the process-based understanding of KM in the Literature Review and Discussion sections.  3.&nbsp;The&nbsp;search strategy is narrow&nbsp;(single database and keyword), and the&nbsp;exclusion criteria,&nbsp;especially the exclusion of review articles, are weakly justified. These choices limit coverage and raise concerns about selection bias. \n<b>Author response:<\/b> Thank you for highlighting this issue. We added further explanation in the Methods section to clarify that the use of Scopus as a single database, the keyword \u201cKnowledge Management,\u201d and the inclusion\/exclusion criteria represent methodological limitations of this review. We also added a dedicated Limitations section acknowledging that these choices may limit coverage and introduce potential selection bias.  4.&nbsp;The&nbsp;discussion and conclusions&nbsp;summarize findings, but lack deeper&nbsp;analytical synthesis, cross-study comparison, and explanation of relationships among factors. \n<b>Author response:<\/b> Thank you for this valuable comment. We revised the Discussion by adding a conceptual framework section, cross-study comparison, and explanation of relationships among the identified factors. The Conclusion was also revised to emphasize the integrated interpretation of the findings rather than only summarizing individual variables.","URL":"https:\/\/f1000research.com\/articles\/14-738\/v2#referee-comment-16054","order":5,"name":"referee-comment-16054","label":"Referee Comment","group":{"name":"article-reports","label":"Article Reports"}},{"value":"The author(s) declared that no grants were involved in supporting this work","order":6,"name":"grant-information","label":"Grant Information"},{"value":"This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.","order":0,"name":"copyright-info","label":"Copyright"}]}}