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 …

The idea of knowledge work has been around for some time. Mintzberg spoke about “knowledge intensive firms” outlining … differences between knowledge intensive organizations and professional bureaucracies. A professional bureaucracy, for instance …, typically relies on standardized knowledge, skills and routines, relying on typical professional features: codification, strong …

Intellectual capital, intangible assets and knowledge creation are all concepts that are strongly linked to the … phenomenon of knowledge management. Yet they have only been parallel to each other. This controversy between different approaches … has also resulted in vague definitions of knowledge management. This paper will critically discuss the definitions of …

Knowledge management seems to be an emerging trend in organizations. However, skepticism still exists among many … managers as to the true value of undertaking knowledge management initiatives. This article presents a case study of surveying … knowledge management receptivity attitudes of senior managers in a major pharmaceutical company. The results are discussed and …

knowledge management initiative that enables it to build a competitive advantage as it experiences rapid growth in its global … market. The Wipro story is remarkable in that it shows that having a sound, innovative knowledge management effort is no … successfully and survive globally. Wipro’s CEO said the knowledge initiative must be based on knowledge sharing and collaboration …

challenges in managing their knowledge. While different modes of intellectual property right regimes are applied in closed … purpose of this paper is to investigate how firms best manage knowledge via intellectual property rights in open innovation … intersection of knowledge management, intellectual property rights, strategic management of intellectual property rights and the …

. The author then explains how a knowledge‐driven business model identifies the critical behaviors, competencies, market …

The paper is aimed at two distinct readerships: drug industry participants who are interested in how knowledge … management applies to their industry and knowledge management workers who are interested in seeing how general knowledge … an introduction to drug development and key vocabulary. We describe key business and operational issues in knowledge …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate and analyze demographic differences in using knowledge creation … tools among faculty members. It also attempts to identify the most knowledge creation tool used by the participants. The … (ANOVA) test are used to validate the stated hypotheses. Findings The study found personal knowledge management to be the …

Purpose – This paper aims to evaluate a range of best practice knowledge management (KM) ideas used to manage knowledge … participating in the study was selected because it was a knowledge-intensive organization, with an ageing workforce. An invitation … empirical evidence that KM can be used to manage knowledge resources. The highest rating toolkit was knowledge strategy …