Knowledge risk management and organizational change. Evidence from cooperative credit system

This paper aims to establish a relationship between Knowledge Risk Management (KRM) and Organizational Change Management (OCM) in local banks. Since this linkage has not yet been investigated in the literature so far, the present study proposes a conceptual framework to demonstrate possible impact of knowledge risks on Italian cooperative credit banks (CCBs) following the cooperative credit system reform. Hence, research questions addressed are: Has cooperative credit system reform exposed Italian CCBs to knowledge risks? What types of knowledge risks affect Italian CCBs before and after the reform? Findings showed that different types of knowledge risks can affect Italian CCBs before and after the cooperative credit system reform.