Recently, there has been a good deal of interest in the notion of "maximal" CI' violation in the framework of the Kobayashi-Maskawa (KM) matrix. " Work on this question has been carried out using various parametrizations of the KM matrix. What is "maximal" in one parametrization need not be "maximal" in a parametrization which differs from the first by rephasing the quark fields. Further, the n...

Knowledge Management (KM) adoption theory, research and practice appears to have its primary foundations in generic organisational change theory. Recent research into KM adoption by individuals indicates diffusion of innovation theory may better explain individual adoption. This paper presents the Extended KM Adoption (EKMA) model and proposed research to test and further develop this model. Th...

We propose an e-learning framework that takes domain knowledge-specific Open Educational Resources (OERs) from the World Wide Web and stores the metadata of the top qualified entries into an ontology-driven structural data store. When responding to users’ learning queries, the framework constructs a cluster of related subjects around the query topic, including the topic itself, to form a knowle...

This paper focuses on a framework for developing knowledge management (KM) applications that integrates peer-to-peer (P2P) and multi-agent systems (MAS) technologies. The objective of this framework is to support a particular KM paradigm that emphasizes aspects such as autonomy and distributedness of knowledge sources. In particular, we present a characterization of peer-to-peer in terms of a g...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to assess the application of knowledge management (KM) models in managing and integrating indigenous and exogenous knowledge for improved farming activities in Tanzania, by examining the management of indigenous knowledge (IK), access and use of exogenous knowledge, the relevancy of policies, legal framework, information and communication technologies (ICTs)...

Knowledge-based organizations are hosts for multitudes of knowledge management (KM) episodes. Each episode is triggered by a knowledge need and culminates with the satisfaction of that need (or its abandonment). Within an episode, one or more of the organization’ processors (human and/or computer-based) manipulate knowledge resources in various ways in an effort to meet the need. This paper ide...

The aim of this study is to identify and prioritize the solutions of Knowledge Management (KM) adoption in Supply Chain (SC) to overcome its barriers. It helps organizations to concentrate on high rank solutions and develop strategies to implement them on priority. This paper proposes a framework based on fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and fuzzy technique for order performance by simi...

It is widely claimed by a number of business and academic gurus that in order for organizations to have a lasting competitive advantage they will have to be knowledge driven. If knowledge is viewed as a resource that is critical to an organization’s survival and success in the global market, then like any other resource it demands good management. However, the bulk of organizations still have n...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to revisit the key terms in knowledge management (KM), particularly tacit and explicit, to develop a better framework for a theoretical and practical understanding of KM. Design/methodology/approach – With the help of concepts like articulation and discourse, borrowed from applied linguistics, the relationships between data, information, the components o...

Enhancing organizational Knowledge-Intensive Business Processes (KIBP) for gaining competitive advantages is often performed through Knowledge Management (KM) initiatives. These KM initiatives aim at developing organizational KM infrastructure of KIBP, starting from knowledge audit that is a necessary first step in any KM initiative. Current knowledge audit methods address either technological-...