knowledge management is a process that has been recently generated as an activity which is very important in the dynamic environment, and in the competitive scene. we believe that km is a process which its organizational knowledge is created from the individual knowledge of the members of the organization. the relevant studies have indicated that organizing based on work teams could be consider...

With millions invested in knowledge management (KM), researchers and organizations are constantly investigating how firms can best organize their KM processes to reap instrumental benefits. Yet, most KM research, apart from being fragmented, overemphasizes knowledge creation and draws little attention to key intermediaries in the KM process. The paper captures the specificity of agents as key p...

In healthcare, a promising direction for innovation lies in harnessing the innovation potential of patients. Web-based platforms have created a new and powerful route to open innovation in healthcare. In a sector where knowledge resources within organizational boundaries are limited, this study is focused on understanding how online innovation intermediaries (OIIs) in healthcare help to transfe...

Organizations are increasingly implementing process-improvement techniques like Six Sigma, total quality management, lean, and business process re-engineering to improve organizational performance. These techniques are part of a process management system that includes the organizational infrastructure to support the improvement techniques. The knowledge-based view of a firm argues that organiza...

Software development is a social process in which innovation and knowledge creation are important factors for project success. How knowledge in large software organizations is created has been scarcely researched despite extensive research regarding knowledge creation processes in general. How methods and practice interact in knowledge creation processes in large software organizations has not ...