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 …

between innovation seen in the traditional innovation literature and innovation as conceived in the knowledge management … innovation as an outcome has not been clearly defined from a knowledge perspective. To address this gap, the authors develop a … new definition of an innovation outcome based on knowledge elements. Research limitations/implications – The research lays …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate motivations of team members to source knowledge and how the … sourced knowledge increases their reuse and creation outcomes. Design/methodology/approach – A model based on knowledge … sourcing perspective is proposed and tested to link knowledge sourcing methods in teams to their performance outcomes. The …

In the last five to six years, we have seen plenty of knowledge management (KM) projects comeand go. Many of these …? -- Integrating knowledge management technologies in organizational business processes: getting real time enterprises to deliver real … modern knowledge management and computer-based technology -- Understanding computer-mediated interorganizational …

Over the past several years there have been intensive discussions about the importance of knowledge management within … our society. The management of knowledge is promoted as an important and necessary factor for organisational survival and …, and utilise their employees’ capabilities. Knowledge and the management of knowledge appear to be regarded as increasingly …

This article discusses both the management of tacit knowledge and the tacit approach to knowledge management. Tacit … program for knowledge management, since it advocates a reduction of the total resource pool for the sake of managerial control …. The article searches for alternatives to knowledge management exercised from a position of control and ownership. A case …

management of the knowledge base in a fast changing innovative environment is closely related to three kinds of knowledge …Considers some external aspects influencing the dynamics of firms’ knowledge base. Argues that the successful … of scientific knowledge which allows us to analyse how different types of knowledge are associated with different …

intensive products. The decision within a knowledge management (KM) framework to collaborate in knowledge sharing networks … proliferation of inter‐organizational collaborative agreements, which aim to develop, manufacture and commercialize knowledge …. The present study deals with questions such as why, how, and when to be a member of a knowledge network and provides some …

beginning to establish knowledge management systems (KMS). Within the last few years, although the topic of knowledge management … limited. This paper presents a model of the enterprise’s knowledge trees, which is related to several knowledge management …In the emerging economy, knowledge is now recognized as an important basis for competitive advantage and many firms are …

Knowledge has been theorized as being an elementary form of organization in the so‐called knowledge management … literature. Although there are numerous analytical strengths in this literature, a reductionist view of knowledge dominates the … field. From a reductionist view, knowledge is an extension from data and information. As opposed to this image of knowledge …