In the last five to six years, we have seen plenty of knowledge management (KM) projects comeand go. Many of these projects were successful and organizations are still leveraging benefitsfrom their KM systems. However, it is also fair to say that a considerable proportion of...

Purpose – Researchers debate whether tacit knowledge sharing through information technology (IT) is actually possible. However, with the advent of social web tools, it has been argued that most shortcomings of tacit knowledge sharing are likely to disappear. The purpose of this paper is...

It is a pleasure to introduce this special issueon knowledge-based development. I wouldlike to congratulate the Guest Editor -Professor Francisco Javier Carrillo, Directorfor Knowledge Systems, ITESM, Mexico -for suggesting the topic, commissioning thepapers, and seeing the project through...

The goal of this e-book is to report on the knowledge management activities taking place within the space industry. This special issue provides a valuable insight into selecting and implementing KM strategies for an organization. A general theme drawn from the papers is that KM needs to be tied...

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 The purpose of this paper is to investigate the knowledge management (KM) approach followed by small companies. In particular, after introducing the notion of emergent approach, the paper aims to examine if that notion is useful to properly describe the way small businesses approach...