Journal of Knowledge Management: Volume 17 Issue 6

Physical environment as a source for innovation: investigating the attributes of innovative space

Kaisa Oksanen, Pirjo Ståhle

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how physical spaces intersect with innovation and innovativeness, and what the most relevant attributes of physical space are for…

Ethical issues in knowledge management: conflict of knowledge ownership

Isabel Rechberg, Jawad Syed

This paper aims to review ethical issues inherent in the theorisation and practice of knowledge management (KM) with specific attention to the conflict of knowledge ownership…

Knowledge management: a key determinant in advancing technological innovation?

Voon-Hsien Lee, Lai-Ying Leong, Teck-Soon Hew, Keng-Boon Ooi

This paper purports to analyze the relationship between knowledge management (KM) and technological innovation in the Malaysian manufacturing sector. Furthermore, the…

Knowledge management and measurement: a critical review

Mohamed A.F. Ragab, Amr Arisha

Knowledge is the currency of the current economy, a vital organisational asset and a key to creating a sustainable competitive advantage. The consequent interest in knowledge…

Organizational unlearning and organizational relearning: a dynamic process of knowledge management

Yingxin Zhao, Yanqiu Lu, Xiangyang Wang

The purpose of this paper is to propose a model to explore the dynamic process of knowledge management from the perspectives of organizational unlearning and organizational…

Knowledge loss when older experts leave knowledge-intensive organisations

Carmel Joe, Pak Yoong, Kapila Patel

The purpose of this paper is to describe different concepts of valuable knowledge that are perceived to be lost when an older expert departs from a knowledge-intensive…

Signaling, spillover and learning effects of knowledge flows on division performance within related diversified firms

Manuel Villasalero

This study aims to address the performance consequences of knowledge transfer within related diversified firms by distinguishing between knowledge outflows and knowledge inflows…

Inter-organizational knowledge transfer: the perspective of knowledge governance

Shih-Chieh Fang, Chen-Wei Yang, Wen-Yen Hsu

The main purposes of this study are to develop a knowledge governance mechanism-fit-barrier matrix mode to resolve transfer problems resulting from knowledge characteristics and…

The peculiarities of knowledge management processes in SMEs: the case of Singapore

Janet C.N. Wee, Alton Y.K. Chua

The objectives of this study are two-fold. The first is to examine the peculiarities of KM processes that are unique in SMEs from three perspectives, namely knowledge creation…

Emerging personal intelligence in collective goals: data analysis on the bottom-up approach from PKM to OKM

Shahrinaz Ismail, Mohd Sharifuddin Ahmad, Zainuddin Hassan

A pattern of personal intelligence is seen emerging from the concept of agent-mediated personal knowledge management (PKM) in achieving collective organisational goals. The…