‘The knowledge economy' is sometimes used as an analytical term, sometimes as a scenario. As an analytical term, the concept allows theoretical integration of observations made in various research areas, e.g. business strategy, innovation, HRM, education, labour market, information technology,...

Knowledge Management consist nowadays in a wide range of practices. However there are two basic concepts in the Knowledge literature: Tacit and Explicit knowledge. This article suggests to conceptualize both concepts related to ‘the reality’, and proposes a basic model for acquisition,...