Quantifying the benefits of a knowledge management system (KMS) is a difficult job. Very little literature was found to report the rate of investment (ROI) resulted from a KMS. Quantification of returns from KMS investments involves several tasks: identification of value added knowledge management (KM) activities, identification of benefits generated by the value added KM activities, and quanti...

Although the benefits of knowledge management systems (KMS) have been clearly articulated, there remains a gap between KM theory and practice. One explanation for this gap can be attributed to the dichotomy between the people versus technology approaches to research that characterize the academic literature on KM and KMS. This paper describes an adaptive theory approach to unpack the people, pr...

As the basis of value creation increasingly depends on the leverage of the intangible assets of firms, knowledge management systems (KMS) are emerging as powerful sources of competitive advantage. However, the general recognition of the importance of such systems seems to be accompanied by a technology-induced drive to implement systems with inadequate consideration of the fundamental knowledge...

The aim of the study is to present a tentative framework to explore and investigate the drivers and barriers of adoption of the innovation of proactive knowledge use in connection to a knowledge management system (KMS) in health care. Semi-structured interviews were performed with champion implementers and physicians using the KMS along with a document analysis depicting significant events of t...

Researchers and practitioners have reported on the factors said to influence the design and implementation of Knowledge Management Systems (KMS). Factors such as strategy, culture, information technology, people and organisational structure have arisen as key dimensions to be considered in KMS implementation. However, researchers have tended to explore these factors in isolation, and have, by a...

The paper reports the results of a quantitative, survey-based study which investigates the use of an IT supported knowledge management system (KMS) which is embedded in knowledge management framework in a large, global IT consulting company. The main findings are that the majority of the IT users are not familiar with the KMS framework. Still, the KMS is used by 3/4 of all respondents, but main...

With the ever-growing deluge of information, knowledge management systems (KMS) have become a key technology, enabling the extraction and filtering of valuable information by integrating seemingly unconnected or hidden pieces of information to create invaluable business insights. KMS may use sophisticated technical methods such as text analysis, search and querying, or facilitate state of the a...

This paper aims to gain a better understanding of KMS success. Based on the absorptive capacity theory, we develop a research model to explain how the use of KMS increases organizational performance by increasing the organizational absorptive capacity and the higher order capabilities. The absorptive capacity plays an important role in transforming KMS usage into agility and innovativeness and ...

BACKGROUND Kasabach-Merritt syndrome (KMS) is characterized by giant hemangiomas and severe thrombocytopenia, which may result in life-threatening multi-organ hemorrhage. This study evaluated the clinical characteristics, treatments, and outcomes in neonates with KMS, in order to find out the optimal therapy. METHODS The clinical data of 17 patients treated for KMS in the Department of Neonat...

One key asset of a firm is its knowledge stock comprising different knowledge domains (e.g., market, technological knowledge, etc.). This stock results from firm internal and/or external resources such as exchange partners (e.g. customers and R&D partners). The paper focuses on external partners and explores for which knowledge domain the usage of knowledge management systems (KMS) regarding th...