Journal of Knowledge Management: Volume 9 Issue 2

Exploring the world of knowledge management: agreements and disagreements in the academic/practitioner community

Kostas Metaxiotis, Kostas Ergazakis, John Psarras

During the last 15 years, knowledge management (KM) has changed from one generation to the next through constant improvements and new perspectives. A myriad researchers have…

Knowledge management – not rocket science

Dean Call

To provide a broad understanding of knowledge management and how to successfully implement knowledge management.

Catching the chameleon: understanding the elusive term “knowledge”

Rashmi H. Assudani

To examine the various discourses on “knowledge” and to understand what knowledge means – is it a process of leveraging resources, is it a resource, or is it both – a process and…

This is what the fuss is about: a systemic modelling for organisational knowing

J.H. Powell, J. Swart

This paper presents a system‐based approach to action‐directed knowledge management. This approach, known as system‐based knowledge management (SBKM), allows one to respond to the…

The “soft” dimension of organizational knowledge transfer

Gustavo A.C. Guzman, John Wilson

This paper aims to advance a theoretical framework that integrates knowledge management, change management and “soft” issues, focussing on uncovering the nature of “soft” issues…

An investigation of barriers to knowledge transfer

Peter Yih‐Tong Sun, John L. Scott

The purpose of this research is to provide academics and practitioners with an insight to the barriers involved in knowledge transfer, arising from the levels of learning in the…

Knowledge management as competitive advantage: lessons from the textile and apparel value chain

Paula Danskin, Basil G. Englis, Michael R. Solomon, Marla Goldsmith, Jennifer Davey

The purpose of this research is to investigate knowledge management in the textile industry specifically through the relationships and interconnections of knowledge management…

Knowledge management and growth in Finnish SMEs

Sari Salojärvi, Patrick Furu, Karl‐Erik Sveiby

The impact of knowledge management on the financial success of companies has not yet been properly researched. This paper aims to make a contribution by examining the relationship…

An experience in knowledge mapping

Carla van den Berg, Ioana Popescu

To improve access to implicit knowledge by tunnel construction engineers.

Public agencies and environmental risk: Organizing knowledge in a democratic context

Doug Mercer, Thomas Leschine, Christina H. Drew, William Griffith, Timothy Nyerges

To derive from the environmental risk and knowledge management literatures a model that integrates organizational form, democratic vision and epistemological needs of public…