IntroductIon IT support for knowledge management (KM) is a widely discussed issue. Whereas an overempha-sis on technology is often criticized, the general consensus is that a well-balanced combination of technical and social approaches can be a rewarding departure (Alavi & Leidner, 1999). The usage of knowledge management systems (KMSs) (i.e., information systems including for example data ware...

Human capital is the main asset of software organizations. Knowledge has to be preserved and leveraged from individuals to the organization. Thus, the learning software organization will be able to continually learn and improve. Knowledge management has various components and multiple aspects such as socio-cultural, organizational, and technological. In this paper we address the technological a...

In this document we describe a classification for systems of knowledge management based on two technical features we consider fundamental: the support the system gives to collaborative work and the focus it has on providing a structure for the knowledge it manages. We use this classification to make an analysis of what are, in our opinion, the most interesting knowledge management systems, both...

This paper discusses business games as teaching tools in Technology Management (TM). The discipline’s traditional teaching methods, while appropriate for the dissemination of foundational knowledge, do not provide the optimal platform for students to link abstract concepts and real-world problems. We suggest that business simulation games are an effective way to engage students in TM topics; th...

1987 is not the year of anything in particular and yet it is a year in which much change will occur in our industry. It is also a year-like most years recently-in which managers of information systems will need to make important decisions that will have a long range effect on the success or failure of their organizations. Decision in times of change and imminent change is tough and scary, and y...

The history of medical imaging can be dated from Rontgen’s discovery and first clinical use of X-rays in 1895. These first X-ray images were humble portents of the increasingly important role which medical imaging has assumed, particularly in the last 25 years. In fact, diagnostic radiology continued more or less unchanged from Rontgen’s discovery until digital computers were integrated with el...

evelopments, changes in consumer behaviour and the emergence of o decades, incumbent postal operators in Europe had to face new ortunities. The incumbents reacted with diversification into new both the horizontal and vertical integration by means of alliancs , the competitive landscape of the European postal market has etric market development enabled the early moving competitors to on incumben...

Knowledge has been lately recognized as one of the most important assets of organizations. Can information technology help the growth and the sustainment of organizational knowledge? The answer is yes, if care is taken to remember that IT here is just a part of the story (corporate culture and work practices being equally relevant) and that the information technologies best suited for this purp...

Many types of products that have to be manufactured and supported for long periods of time lack control over critical parts of their supply chain, e.g., avionics, telecom infrastructure, and industrial controls. As a result, the components and technologies that these products depend on become obsolete long before the product’s field life (and sometimes even manufacturing life) ends. Obsolescenc...

Today's telecommunications networks are becoming increasingly large, complex, mission critical and heterogeneous in several dimensions. For example, the underlying physical transmission facilities of a given network may be "mixed media" (copper, fiber-optic, radio, and satellite); the sub networks may be acquired from different vendors due to economic, performance, or general availability reaso...