Population ageing is a phenomenon that is quite new and irreversible in the history of mankind. Every country, every organisation (public, private, international etc.) is concerned. It is not certain that all the risks and challenges have been clearly identified. Clearly, there is a risk of massive knowledge loss (" Knowledge Crash "), (due, for instance, to massive retirements, but not exclusi...

In this paper after a review on the concept and literature of knowledge management, the conceptual model of a successful knowledge management system that is currently being applied in a research and development (R&D) aerospace organization is presented and discussed. The main contribution of the paper is presenting the model in its useful and practical status without becoming involved in theore...

Nearly all economic models of the household have implications for how characteristics of the children in a family affect human capital investments in their siblings. Much evidence suggests that perceived returns to investing in sons is higher than investing in daughters in many economies (often due to cultural practices rather than inherent productivity differences). When this is so – and where...

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There are different approaches to knowledge management. So, a knowledge management system could be analyzed from different viewpoints. Usually the term a “knowledge management system” is used as a synonym for the information and communication tools, and rarely is defined from a social or sociotechnical perspective. This paper acknowledges the socio-technical approach to knowledge management sys...