This book presents a collection of research on various aspects, roles, and functions of digital enterprises. A compendium of latest industry findings and advancements, it includes theories and references in topics such as e-business, knowledge management, and enterprise planning.

"This book explores the ways in which the work life of IT professionals - from the perspectives of both the individual IT worker, and managers of such workers - has had to change and adapt to the Internet Age"--Provided by publisher.

Purpose – To provide a conceptual model for the discovery and articulation of emergent organizational knowledge, particularly knowledge that develops when people work with new technologies. Design/methodology/approach – The model is based on two widely accepted research methods – action...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe different concepts of valuable knowledge that are perceived to be lost when an older expert departs from a knowledge-intensive organisation. Design/methodology/approach – A multiple case research methodology and semi-structured interviews...

This paper reports part of a study that examines how to harness the expert knowledge of older workers. Five older workers, from both public and private sector organisations, were interviewed face to face regarding their potential contributions to other colleagues based on their expertise on work...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate how online communities of practice facilitate the embedding of personal professional knowledge in a complex online environment. Design/methodology/approach – This research consisted of exploratory, interpretivist case research, using qualitative...