Purpose – This paper focuses on the university science park incubator element of the technology transfer process where knowledge in a variety of forms needs to be retained and maintained. The aim is to investigate the networking competencies of stakeholders involved in the university...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the development of knowledge management (KM) in China and its Western origins. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is developed by exploring the existing KM survey results in China. Discussions from KM surveys into Chinese KM practices...

There is an increasing interest in the area of knowledge management (KM) within organisations and academia. Because of the emergent nature of the field there is a lack of classification of suitable knowledge management models to use in conducting further research, literature evaluation and...

Compares the perceptions of both large organisations and small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) at a meta level in regard to knowledge management (KM) to improve overall understanding and synthesis of the philosophy and to develop sector‐specific learning in the SME sector. First,...

The aim of this paper is to improve the understanding and inter‐relationship of both the people and technical aspects of knowledge management. Studies in knowledge management indicate that there can be an over‐emphasis on technology to the exclusion of adequate people/quality planning, or,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the effects of knowledge management (KM) on three organizational sectors. Design/methodology/approach – This paper undertakes a dual theory building/testing approach. Through the development of a multi‐factor KM model, known as the MeCTIP...

Compares the perceptions of both large organisations and small- to medium-sized enterprises (SME) at a meta level in regard to knowledge management (KM) to improve overall understanding and synthesis of the philosophy and to develop sector-specific learning in the SME sector. First, identifies...