Both Polanyi and many of his interpreters saw the implications of tacit knowing for restoring the Augustinian principle that faith precedes understanding. Polanyi’s contribution to the rediscovery of the essential role of faith in the achievement of knowledge has, however, had a limited impact in science, philosophy, and in Christian theology. Polanyi’s epistemological contribution, nevertheles...

Title of Dissertation: Multiplicative Data Perturbation for Privacy Preserving Data Mining Kun Liu, Doctor of Philosophy, 2007 Dissertation directed by: Dr. Hillol Kargupta Associate Professor Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Recent interest in the collection and monitoring of data using data mining technology for the purpose of security and business-related application...

Title of Dissertation: Privacy Preserving Distributed Data Mining based on Multi-objective Optimization and Algorithmic Game Theory Kamalika Das, Doctor of Philosophy, 2009 Thesis directed by: Dr. Hillol Kargupta Professor Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Use of technology for data collection and analysis has seen an unprecedented growth in the last couple of decades. I...

Recent empirical contributions emphasize the importance of (potential) market size for the development of new pharmaceuticals. At the same time many scholars point out the importance of of scientific advances for the industry’s R&D activities. Against this background I analyze the relationship between (potential) market size, technological opportunities, and the number of new pharmaceuticals in...

Tacit cartels did not arise in experimental triopoly markets even with the help of detailed instructions to prospective cartel members on how to coordinate actions. In duopoly markets tacit cartels were successful, with winning bids and supporting “pass” bids increasing gradually. A simulated third bidder, entering with known probability, prevented the buildup of cartel prices in duopoly market...

To advance understanding on knowledge creation through social computing, we posed two research questions: What are the processes underlying knowledge creation online? What is the role of tacit knowledge in online communication? We note that even if the online environment is beset with apparent limitations due to physical distance, tacit knowledge is by no means absent. It enables individuals to...

Organization has to evaluate the competencies of their workers to improve organizational productivity. However, this is difficult because organizations have difficulties to capture and retain knowledge especially tacit knowledge of their employees. The study reviewed selected literature on management knowledge and employers competencies. It also reviewed existing frameworks in knowledge managem...

The ‘Knowledge Age’ has fuelled the need to capitalise on organisation-wide Intellectual Capital with the aim of gaining competitive advantage vis-à-vis a higher return-on-knowledge and experience. In this paper, we propose a novel tacit knowledge acquisition and representation strategy using Scenarios based on the assumption that tacit knowledge can best be explicated through controlled challe...