In this short position paper, we sketch three ongoing projects (KnowMore, ENRICH, and Know-Net) currently running in the Knowledge Management Group of DFKI investigating requirements and approaches to support Knowledge Management (KM) infrastructures for organizations. We also list some promising research issues to be tackled in the near future to come from individually designed KM prototypes t...

PURPOSE Worldwide demand for accessible hearing health technology continues to increase while the numbers of hearing healthcare specialists are grossly inadequate to meet this demand. Proliferation of innovative technology and the advent of greater access to global connectivity are providing an opportunity to identify and harness new resources that may change current audiological service delive...

This paper proposes the view that financial development and economic growth are linked through the characteristics of technology. Perhaps the most obvious connection between technology and financial innovation emerges through risk-sharing. Technology is modeled as a distribution function over output values. While progress allows higher output values to be attained, it also changes the risk prof...