Journal of Knowledge Management: Volume 10 Issue 3

Toward understanding inter‐organizational knowledge transfer needs in SMEs: insight from a UK investigation

Shizhong Chen, Yanqing Duan, John S. Edwards, Brian Lehaney

External knowledge is generally believed to be of prime importance to small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). However, a review of the literature shows that no empirical…

Knowledge management in the public sector: stakeholder partnerships in the public policy development

Andreas Riege, Nicholas Lindsay

How knowledge management theories and frameworks are applied in the public sector is not well understood due to little evidence being published in the literature. This paper aims…

Business process modeling through the knowledge management perspective

Brane Kalpič, Peter Bernus

As economies move into the information age and post‐industrial era, information and knowledge become important resources to organizations. The article sets out to discuss the role…

A study of knowledge internalization: from the perspective of learning cycle theory

Ming‐Ten Tsai, Kuo‐Wei Lee

In an age of rapid knowledge expansion, external knowledge sources are available in abundance. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the way in which firms can effectively…

Tacit to explicit: an interplay shaping organization knowledge

Meeta Bhardwaj, John Monin

Aims to study the role tacit knowledge plays in shaping the knowledge base of the knowledge‐intensive growing organizations using the storytelling method.

Knowledge management in the making: using the balanced scorecard and e‐mail systems

Mats Edenius, Alexander Styhre

Knowledge management deals with the production, application, and distribution of knowledge within and between organizations. Such intellectual resources do not appear ex nihilo…

Knowledge management and information technology: can they work in perfect harmony?

Mirghani Mohamed, Michael Stankosky, Arthur Murray

Aims to impart new insights into the role of information technology (IT) in knowledge extraction, capture, distribution and personalization. The paper seeks to pin‐point the…

Knowledge management and the limits of knowledge codification

Matthew Hall

The idea that knowledge needs to be codified is central to many claims that knowledge can be managed. However, there appear to be no empirical studies in the knowledge management…

Knowledge‐based systems: a re‐evaluation

Mohd Syazwan Abdullah, Chris Kimble, Ian Benest, Richard Paige

The goal of this paper is to re‐evaluate the role of knowledge‐based systems (KBS) in knowledge management (KM). While knowledge‐based systems and expert systems were widely used…

The effect of knowledge management practices on firm performance

Daniel Palacios Marqués, Fernando José Garrigós Simón

This research proposes to study the connection between knowledge management practices and firm performance.

Fostering innovation and knowledge creation: the role of management context

Nekane Aramburu, Josune Sáenz, Olga Rivera

At a time when many companies in the Spanish and Basque manufacturing industries are attempting to embark on delocation movements (also commonplace in other countries), the…

Knowledge transformation

Rory L. Chase