Introduction by Editors -- Part 1 – Knowledge Management: A Complexity perspective -- Chapter 1 Approaching the complexity of knowledge management -- Chapter 2 The pervasive identity of knowledge management: consolidation or dilution? -- Chapter 3 Key milestones in the evolution of knowledge...

"In today's networked societies, a key factor of the social and economic success is the capability to exchange, transfer, and share knowledge. This book provides research on the topic providing a foundation of an emerging and multidisciplinary field"--Provided by publisher.

The development of knowledge-intensive business services in recent decades can be interpreted as one of the indicators of a transformation from an industrial economy into a knowledge-based one. Not only do quantitative measures, whether in the form of sales or employment figures (e.g. Chadwick,...