Working papers are in draft form. This working paper is distributed for purposes of comment and discussion only. It may not be reproduced without permission of the copyright holder. Copies of working papers are available from the author.Abstract Workforce diversity continues to be a key focus for organizations, driven by globalization of the U.S. economy and the desire for organizations to more...

This paper attempts to clarify knowledge management in virtual organizations. As a result, first of all, the present paper describes the concept of virtual organization and its related concepts. In the next step, knowledge management is described. Then, knowledge management in virtual organizations is clarified. Thereafter, this paper illustrates the important role of information and communicat...

Knowledge-based organizations base their competitiveness on knowledge and specific knowledge-related capabilities. The nature of knowledge is an important determinant enhancing understanding of firm behaviour and related organizing. In knowledge-based view of the firm trust is implicit. In this paper the role and nature of trust in knowledge-based organization is explored. Knowledge-based view ...

Intellectual capital reports usually consist of descriptions of various non-financial capital forms, such as for example “relational capital”. Considering relational capital as knowledge networks we explain the creation, transformation and re-use of knowledge with the help of the theory of social systems where knowledge is seen as a cooperative social construction. As a method for visualizing a...

The report overviews and synthesizes literature on various perspectives on knowledge in organizations. Knowledge-based view of the firm is compared to the transaction economics view of the firm. Then various theories on organizational knowledge creation are reviewed. A significant body of literature on knowledge sharing and creation in the inter-organizational context of joint ventures and supp...

Major international hallmark events, especially the Olympic Games, represent a significant opportunity for marketing tourism to the host country. Due to the scale and importance of the event, the coordination between the Olympic organizing committee and the destination marketing organization of the host country becomes a knowledge-intensive and exceptionally complicated task. Analyzing on-site ...

in the developed countries, many organizations are regarded as knowledge-based businesses in which knowledge management is necessary. today, this science is changing into integral activity of business in organizations. one of the concerns of knowledge management is its implementation.many companies and organizations which try to start knowledge management don’t ensure that the best approach is ...

Knowledge is one of the most important organizations assets. To manage knowledge effectively, it is necessary to be able to measure knowledge. There are few methods for knowledge measurement with certain limitations. One important weakness of current methods is their insufficient attention to definition, dimensions and attributes of knowledge. In this paper, we propose a new method for measuri...