Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to bring clarity to the concept of social capital in the value creation in firms from the knowledge management perspective. To discuss the social characteristics of different types of knowledge. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a review of the literature, it is argued that different types of knowledge have the distinctive logic of value creation and ...

People regularly need to cope with new challenging situations that cannot be mastered by only applying routine procedural skills and knowledge. Independently updating one’s set of skills and knowledge base in the context of technologically rich environments is essential to meet the changing lifeand workplace requirements. This paper proposes the creation and maintenance of landscapes of network...

This paper discusses an interview-based study conducted to explore why people like particular pages on Facebook. We analyze how the different relationships that people have with their Facebook likes could affect the design of intelligent interactive systems. Specifically, we examine how the likes of a user’s friends can be used to gather information from external crowd-sourced knowledge bases i...

This article examines the process through which multilevel network structures translate into knowledge acquisition from alliance partners. The degree of knowledge transfer a multidivisional company achieves from its network of alliance partners is determined not only by the organization's external network structure, but also by the structure of relationships among its business units. By disting...

Planning a visit to Expo Milano 2015 or simply touring in Milan are activities that require a certain amount of a priori knowledge of the city. In this paper, we present the process of building such a comprehensive knowledge base, the 3cixty KB, that contains descriptions of events, places, transportation facilities and social activities, collected from numerous static, nearand real-time local ...

Natural language traffic in social media (blogs, microblogs, talkbacks) enjoys vast monitoring and analysis efforts. However, the question whether computer systems can generate such content in order to effectively interact with humans has been only sparsely attended to. This paper presents an architecture for generating subjective responses to opinionated articles based on users’ agenda, docume...

Social innovation laboratories (SIL) are spaces for the construction of knowledge where UNESCO's Sustainable Development Goals can be met. The objective research was to identify most relevant studies about social knowledge, within framework SIL, related environmental problems and analyze them in order propose solutions sustainability. method used locate articles published open access, from 2010...