This study aims to show how activity theory in the socio-technical systems paradigm can assist in understanding and managing system innovation. We conceptualize socio-technical systems to address societal needs as activity systems and system innovations as transformations of such systems....

Recently it has been observed a proliferation of knowledge management (KM) projects in many organisations. This phenomenon was driven by the increasing popularity of the knowledge-based view of the firm; which regards knowledge as a key competitive resource. However studies showed that a large...

The health policy domain has displayed increasing interest in questions of knowledge management and knowledge mobilisation within healthcare organisations. We analyse here the findings of a critical review of generic management and health-related literatures, covering the period 2000–2008....

Many companies set up operations offshore and complete projects by ‘worksharing' where responsibilities are split between geographically dispersed offices. This article looks at how knowledge management systems facilitate practices essential for collaborative, distributed work. A qualitative...