%0 Journal Article %T ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE IN KNOWLEDGE-BASED FIRM %A Vladimir-Codrin IONESCU %A Viorel CORNESCU %J Lex et Scientia %D 2012 %I Nicolae Titulescu University %X For sustainable competitive advantages gain, modern organizations, knowledge-based, must promote a proactive and flexible management, permanently connected to change which occur in business environment. Contextually, the paper analyses impact factors of the environment which could determine a firm to initiate a programme strategic organizational change. Likewise, the paper identifies the main organizational variables involved in a changing process and emphasizes the essential role which managers and entrepreneurs have in substantiation, elaboration and implementation of organizational change models. %K knowledge-based firm %K organizational change %K impact factors %K organizational variables %K competitive advantage %U http://lexetscientia.univnt.ro/download/468_468_lesij_es_XIX_2_2012_art_017.pdf