INTRODUCTION The success of industrial and scientific research has always been dependent on new discoveries and innovations, but tighter budgets and increasing global competition push the pace with which innovation must happen nowadays. Bringing new products to the market before competitors do constitutes a crucial competitive advantage for many companies and organizations. Accelerating discove...

We present the general knowledge management model typical for central as well as local government agencies pre-requisite for successful implementation of knowledge management initiatives. We show that knowledge management systems comprising intelligent workflow management features are necessary to provide sufficient level of support for administrative knowledge processes. We conclude with a bri...

For example, one popular approach to knowledge creation proposed by Nonaka and Takeuchi [1] focuses on the process of converting tacit knowledge into explicit or codified knowledge. While this is a useful and necessary function in the development of new knowledge, it represents a small, and arguably less than significant part of the total process of knowledge creation. Though such well intended...

Case Study Purpose: The ontology engineering methodology DILIGENT is presented, a methodology focussing on the evolution of ontologies instead of the initial design, thus recognizing that knowledge is a tangible and moving target. Approach: First we describe the methodology as a whole, then detailing one of the five main steps of DILIGENT. The second part describes case studies, either already ...

Purpose: Considering the role and importance of establishing knowledge management in different organizations, the aim of the current research was presenting the effective factors model on the establishment of knowledge management in the rowing federation. Methodology: This study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was quantitative. The research population was ...

Technology for knowledge management has so far focused on the management of knowledge containers. We present an approach that is oriented towards managing knowledge contents instead by identifying knowledge items at various levels of formality. This is done by providing various types of meta data that are tied to ontologies for conceptual interlinkage. Knowledge items are embedded into knowledg...

1 This working paper addresses the methods and approaches by which firms can successfully improve knowledge work processes. It is derived from a broader research project on " Managing and Improving Knowledge Work Processes, " itself a component project of the " Mastering Information & Technology " sponsored research program at Ernst & Young's Center for Business Innovation. Other working papers...

Knowledge management (KM), as a topic for academic research and practical implementation, has had a short history dating back only to the early 1990s. Due to knowledge management’s recent debut as we know it, it is not surprising that much of the writing and research on the subject is controversial. In this article we note the need of a critical awareness of desirable and undesirable shades of ...