The commercial benefits claimed for software based on Domain Specific Languages are well documented. Many DSL tools exist and are being used as point solutions. Tailoring of notations to the specific application domain and combined use of several languages define the nature of the approach, and constitute the source of the achievable benefits. Unfortunately data representations and the mechanis...

The results showed that although the three dimensions are not individually related to plant competitiveness (direct effects perspective), their co-alignment impacts strongly on plant competitiveness (co-alignment perspective). Furthermore, this co-alignment creates an environment in which employee suggestion and feedback can add innovation, leading to superior plant competitiveness (mediation p...

The ability of reasoning about knowledge and strategy is key to the autonomy of an intelligent system of multiple players. In this paper, we study the logic of knowledge and strategy in stochastic multiagent systems, where the system’s behaviour is determined by both the behaviour of the players and by some random elements. Players have incomplete information about the system and do not have me...

Received: 7 April 2010 Revised: 7 December 2010 Accepted: 13 December 2010 Abstract Studying knowledge strategy empirically requires that specific strategies be operationalized. In this paper, two existing knowledge strategy typologies (the Bierly & Chakrabarti typology of Loners, Explorers, Exploiters and Innovators and the von Krogh, Nonaka & Aben typology of Leveraging, Expanding, Appropriat...

This paper describes a web-based system that integrates knowledge management and decision-making features to enable short-term communities of practice develop manufacturing strategy. The system is based on a well-defined model of the problem domain, which builds on organizational activities and resources and their association with the main strategic objectives of the manufacturing function (i.e...

In this paper, a strategy for organisational knowledge evolution is presented. Organisational knowledge is defined as knowledge concerning the management of the artefacts provided by the organisation. The strategy is derived from a theoretical, action-oriented representation of knowledge and uses concrete instruments for iterating between reflection and action. The instruments for reflection ar...

The Interprofessional Resource Centre (IRC) was based on an extensive literature search and a provincial consultative process that involved administrators, health care providers, educators, preceptors, and alternative and complementary health care providers from different disciplines. Information from the literature review was synthesized into a logic model that served as a preliminary outline ...

Information, intelligence and knowledge are required in corporation to detect and prevent white-collar crime. Information and to a similar extent intelligence consist of facts and other data which is organized to characterize or profile a particular situation, incident, or crime and the individual or group of individuals presumed to be involved. This article presents knowledge management, knowl...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the development of a knowledge management (KM) strategy at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and how this was embedded in the business processes of the bank. Design/methodology/approach – Literature research and a case study were used as the methodology of the paper. Findings – The need to align KM strategy with business strategy was identified ...