Recently, Knowledge Management (KM) has gained incredible attention in business world because of the rising importance of knowledge as a competitive power and strategic resource. However, Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) have faced some challenges about the employment of Knowledge Management (KM) practices. The principal objective of this study is to explore the regarded challenges of T...

In today’s economy, the role and value of knowledge as the last competitive advantage has been suggested and the Knowledge Management (KM) concept has emerged and received great attention. A big part in KM is about managing the way knowledge flows in and between organizations i.e., managing Knowledge Sharing (KS). While technology admittedly facilitates KS, the success of KM efforts still depen...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to update a global ranking of knowledge management and intellectual capital (KM/IC) academic journals. Design/methodology/approach – Two different approaches were utilized: a survey of 379 active KM/IC researchers; and the journal citation impact method. Scores produced by the application of these methods were combined to develop the final ranking. Finding...

Managing knowledge in multinational companies (MNCs) has been of critical importance not only because of the need to overcome the ever-present competition in globalised market, but also due to the need to tap local knowledge and diffuse global knowledge. Global presence for MNCs means an opportunity to learn from local markets, exploit worldwide experiences, and induce innovation. It is only th...

Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD), as any organizational process, is carried out beneath a Knowledge Management (KM) model adopted (even informally) by a corporation. KDD is grossly described in three steps: pre-processing, data mining, and post-processing. The latter is mainly related to the task of transforming in knowledge the patterns issued in the data mining step. On the other hand, ...

The purpose of this study is to identify Knowledge Management (KM) dominant success factors in an academic institute. In today’s competitive business environment, KM is increasingly recognized as a significant factor in gaining a competitive advantage. To obtain such competitive advantage, companies must know how to manage organizational knowledge effectively and optimize the knowledge processe...

The universalistic perspective research on employing a unidimensional knowledge management (KM) strategy has yielded conflicting findings and recommendations in different contexts. This study proposes a contingency model for investigating the effects of KM strategies on KM performance to resolve these contradictions. Drawing on the knowledge-based view (KBV) of the firm, which identifies knowle...

We propose a theoretical reference framework for a Knowledge Management (KM) Information Technology (IT) system in organizations. We take a holistic perspective on KM and derive the required features for the framework from KM-related research in psychology, business management and computer science. We propose classifications of organizational knowledge and knowledge entities (sets of people) ei...