0957-4174/$ see front matter 2012 Elsevier Ltd. A http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2012.07.005 ⇑ Corresponding author. Present Address: School o Environment, Queensland University of Technology, 4001, Australia. Tel.: +617 3138 1151; fax: +617 3138 E-mail addresses: le.chen@qut.edu.au (L. Che (P.S.W. Fong). 1 Tel.: +852 2766 5801; fax: +852 2764 5131. The dynamic capabilities view (DCV) focuses...

Purpose – The specific aim of this paper is to explore the multi-disciplinary academic antecedents of KM in order to better understand KM. By doing so, it is suggested that KM can be more effectively applied in real-world situations, such as professional occupations. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is conceptual: five core antecedents of KM – philosophy, sociology, psychology, comput...

This paper presents a framework which can be used to analyze information systems as knowledge flow facilitators in organizational processes. This framework may be useful, particularly to small organizations, for two main reasons: it can help them to start seeing the implications of KM in their current technical infrastructure, and as a result, they should be in a better position to know how to ...

Valtech is a Paris-based consulting firm established in 1993 and devoted to e-business technologies. The company was initially structured as a distributor of new information technologies to the French and European market, which secondarily provided training in the use of its products. Valtech now positions itself as a pure knowledge-transfer firm that instructs clients in the strategic use and ...

In today's knowledge-based economies, appropriate Knowledge Management (KM) has proved a strategic management tool to survive and thrive in the ever-changing global market. Therefore, increasingly, all types of organisations including tertiary institutions are adopting KM. This paper focuses on university libraries and presents the partial ̄ndings of a study carried out to investigate and explo...

Support for organizational knowledge management (KM) requires mechanisms for creation, mapping and transference of knowledge. Many organizations use computer tools (KM systems) for achieving these goals. However, in many situations the whole potential of these systems to transfer knowledge and foment organizational learning is not adequately used. This happens mainly due to the lack of effectiv...

This document describes our current work on developing a web-based system supporting organizations in the successful implementation of knowledge management by providing to them recommendations based on Case-Based Reasoning techniques and Semantic Web Technologies. The described framework follows the holistic approach of a KM introduction by considering technological, organizational and human as...

To attract, retain and develop competence has become increasingly important for organizations, as well as the capability to evolve areas of core competence for long-term competitiveness. This paper aims to contribute to an understanding of knowledge and competence as organizational resources, and to propose ways of designing effective KM strategies. A main assumption is that knowledge is becomi...