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 – The leaving expert (LX) is often regarded only as an issue for the retention of his or her knowledge for the … business or organization. The purpose of this paper is to show that a more comprehensive knowledge perspective reveals various … issues and leads to different knowledge management (KM) remedies. Design/methodology/approach – The paper approaches the …

‐mapping models, an appropriate knowledge management system (KMS) can be developed more effectively. Research limitations …

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 …

Recently, research interest in knowledge management has grown rapidly. Much research on knowledge management is … conducted in academic and industrial communities. Utilizing knowledge accumulated in an organization can be a strategic weapon … to acquire a competitive advantage. Capturing and representing knowledge is critical in knowledge management. This paper …

Purpose – This article describes the knowledge‐mapping framework the authors designed based on their theoretical and … practical research on knowledge mapping. It also shows the practical use of the Framework for companies interested in knowledge …‐mapping tools. Design/methodology/approach – In the first place the authors position their research in the context of knowledge …

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to suggest a method to redesign business processes from the viewpoint of knowledge … flows using a knowledge map. Design/methodology/approach – Knowledge flows and business processes cannot be separated … because knowledge is inputted and outputted through business processes. Knowledge flows inherit the feature and appearance of …

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore national cultural influences on knowledge management (KM) practices …‐depth interviews. Findings – It was discovered that employees in Chinese manufacturing enterprises like to keep their knowledge … still need to share tacit knowledge using explicit/formal KM approaches. Research limitations/implications – Though …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify viable demarcation criteria for knowledge based development (KBD … demarcation based on collective knowledge capital mapping and balancing, together with an analytic demarcation based on three … continua: territoriality, discreteness and knowledge‐intensity may help characterize and manage all KBD categories. Such …

Purpose – Knowledge maps (KMaps) are a relatively new concept. The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors …