m10001170000C1 -- JKM_21_1_Text_V01 -- m1000117000001 -- Does big data mean big knowledge? KM perspectives on big data and analytics -- Introduction -- What does this mean for KM? -- Our take - a role for big data/analytics in KM -- Conclusion and implications -- References -- m1000117000007 --...

Purpose Big data clearly represent an important advance in information systems theory, but to describe it as “revolutionary” is premature. Similar technological breakthroughs, from online databases to ERP, were clearly modulated by advances in the organizational domain, including matters of...

The article identifies the risks and challenges of using enterprise portal technology for managing corporate information and knowledge. Many of the risks and challenges are attributed to the inherent limitations of the software solutions for information and knowledge management. It is argued...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review the approaches of international organizations to fostering knowledge management. Design/methodology/approach – Two different approaches are used: First, presenting case studies on the United Nations Development Programme, the UN Economic...

Purpose – This paper aims to argue that the current malaise and fragmentation within knowledge management are at least partially caused by a lack of awareness of its own historical roots. Design/methodology/approach – A comprehensive literature review shows that very explicit knowledge...

Modern organizations have to react fast and be flexible to innovative and interdisciplinary questions. Therefore organizing by projects is on a strong increase, because projects are accepted to be learning intensive organizational forms. But the boundaries between projects and the permanent...

The results of a research project dealing with knowledge management in project environments and the capability to transfer knowledge across projects teams are presented. A key distinction is made between generic project knowledge (kernel knowledge) and specific project knowledge (ephemeral...

Purpose – This paper attempts to understand the reasons for knowledge management (KM) project failure. Design/methodology/approach – Five well‐documented cases of KM project failure in the current literature are reviewed. For each case, the authors examine the circumstantial elements of...

Purpose – Organisations must continually innovate to remain competitive. A by‐product of innovation is new knowledge. In a knowledge economy, an organisation's ability to manage its knowledge can mean the difference between commercial success and failure. A key aspect of being able to manage...