It is a pleasure to introduce this special issueon knowledge-based development. I wouldlike to congratulate the Guest … Editor -Professor Francisco Javier Carrillo, Directorfor Knowledge Systems, ITESM, Mexico -for suggesting the topic …

Purpose – Knowledge is the currency of the current economy, a vital organisational asset and a key to creating a … sustainable competitive advantage. The consequent interest in knowledge management (KM) has spurred an exponential increase in … for new-comers embarking on research in the field with a particular focus on the area of knowledge measurement. Design …

Argues that the knowledge management process can be categorized into knowledge creation, knowledge validation …, knowledge presentation, knowledge distribution, and knowledge application activities. To capitalize on knowledge, an … organization must be swift in balancing its knowledge management activities. In general, such a balancing act requires changes in …

Purpose – This paper aims to clarify the relationship between explicit and tacit knowledge in specific organizational … can be learnt from them and to improve the use of knowledge assets in large‐scale organizations in high‐velocity and … from the public sector and the private sector and provides a model for knowledge management in high velocity …

sustain their competitive advantage, the knowledge and expertise of an organisation’s staff needs to be seen as a critical … strategic resource. This paper presents a general overview of knowledge management and discusses the transfer of knowledge and … assignments in transferring knowledge and furthermore on the implications for HRM practices to ensure the successful and effective …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the role of artifacts in the knowledge management field in the past 18 … consistency in the current knowledge management debate. Empirical works outnumbered conceptual contributions by two to one, and … the majority of papers focused at the organizational level of analysis. Knowledge management systems, knowledge sharing …

Purpose – For knowledge exchange systems to yield best organizational benefits, it is acknowledged that employees have … limitations in alternative channels for knowledge exchange. This study investigates the effects of the gap between contribution … and application on the degree of knowledge exchange within and between organizational borders and work locations. Design …

Purpose This paper assesses the role of collaborative knowledge building in the co-creation of artifacts in the … knowledge management field. Design/methodology/approach Fifty-eight papers published in six knowledge management … methods. Findings Findings showed that several factors influenced the co-creation of artifacts in collaborative knowledge …

Establishes the clear link between learning and knowledge, and proposes a simple model, which makes this relationship … laboratory, the knowledge creating organisation and the knowing organisation acknowledge the significance of knowledge in … organisational development and learning. Other perspectives on the organisational processes associated with knowledge come from the …

Purpose – This study aims to test the validity of a knowledge work typology proposed by Davenport. Although this …/methodology/approach – The typology was tested through a questionnaire survey among knowledge workers ( n =459) in a multinational company. A … Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was applied to determine the knowledge work groupings arising from the survey. Findings – The …