“…Studies analyzing the relationship between Six Sigma implementation and performance are increasingly common (e.g., Braunscheidel, Hamister, Suresh and Star, 2011;Choi, Kim, Leem, Lee and Hong, 2012;Shafer and Moeller, 2012;Swink and Jacobs, 2012). Despite the positive relationship often found in research (e.g., Braunscheidel et al, 2011;Choi et al, 2012;Shafer and Moeller, 2012;Swink and Jacobs, 2012), a significant controversy about the real benefits Current research efforts are thus devoted to analyzing the relationship between Six Sigma and knowledge management. Results show positive relationships between Six Sigma and variables such as organizational learning (e.g., Choo et al, 2007;Llorens and Molina, 2006;Malik and Blumenfeld, 2012;Wiklund and Wiklund, 2002), knowledge creation (e.g., Anand et al, 2010;Choo et al, 2007), absorptive capacity (e.g., Gutierrez Bustinza and Barrales- Molina, 2012;McAdam and Hazlett, 2010), and shared vision (Gutierrez, Llorens-Montes and Bustinza, 2009;Malik and Blumenfeld, 2012).…”