Explicit modeling of business processes and their enactment in work ̄ow systems have proved to be valuable in increasing the ef®ciency of work in organizations. We argue that enacted business processes Ð i.e. work ̄ow management systems Ð form a solid basis for adequate information support in complex and knowledge-intensive business processes. To support this claim we demonstrate results from two...

(2011) "Knowledge processes, knowledge-intensity and innovation: a moderated mediation analysis", Journal of Knowledge Management, Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine innovation from a knowledge-based view by exploring the effect of knowledge processes and knowledge intensity on innovation performance. Design/methodology/approach – First, a theoretical model of the connections bet...

Organizations have increasingly knowledge-intensive business processes that require a wealth of electronic resources which are scattered across a number of systems but are implicitly linked to each other. Meta-data annotations to these electronic resources can support users in retrieving related documents which is a key to provide advanced knowledge services in an enterprise knowledge infrastru...

Information systems (IS) have become essential for operating firms successfully. How to align business and information technology (IT) executives to increase organizational output has been widely discussed in literature. This research focusses on prerequisites and consequences of a positive IT climate in organizations where the need for deep IT and business knowledge is constantly increasing. W...

Systems development in organizations is well recognized as a knowledge-intensive eft'ort. Since the relevant application domain knowledge is thinly spread across an organization, the acquisition, sharing, and integration of knowledge are significant activities during the development process. Advocates of computer-aided software engineering tools (CASE) claim that these tools offer a potentially...

Creation and maintenance of competencies is one of the most strategic activities in organizations, especially in knowledge intensive ones, as is the case of consulting companies. The role of core competencies in making a company achieve competitive advantage has been widely investigated in (Hamel and Prahalad, 1990). Other studies (Gronau and Uslar, 2004) show that the return on investment is s...