...Alexander Serenko; John Dumay Purpose – The purpose of this study was to discover growing, stable and declining knowledge management (KM) research trends. Design/methodology/approach – Citations to 100 KM citation classics as identified by Serenko and Dumay (2015) were collected...

... in international collaboration. Practical implications – Practitioners played a key role in the development of the KM discipline and thus there is an opportunity to develop more scientific research approaches based on critical and performative research agenda. Originality/value – The study is novel...

...Alexander Serenko Purpose – The purpose of this study is to conduct a meta-analysis of prior scientometric research of the knowledge management (KM) field. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 108 scientometric studies of the KM discipline were subjected to meta-analysis...

...Susanne Durst; Ingi Runar Edvardsson Purpose The aim of this paper is to review research on knowledge management in small and medium‐sized enterprises to identify gaps in the current body of knowledge, which justify future research directions. Design/methodology/approach The study...

..., knowledge management strategy and so forth, but some research gaps remain. The paper aims to propose directions for future research in this domain of discourse. Design/methodology/approach A review of existing studies highlights some gaps in the literature on the role of tacit knowledge, which...

...Fuat Oğuz; Ayşe Elif Şengün Purpose This study aims to discuss how organizational researchers use the concept of tacit knowledge. The concept has become a “buzzword” in the last decade and has given rise to an extensive literature. The current study views tacit knowledge as a crucial concept...

.... Data were condensed thematically. The analysis was combined with the conceptualization of tacit and explicit knowledge as proposed by Nonaka and Takeuchi. Findings The research shows that R&D professionals have different views and practices regarding engaging in knowledge sharing...

...Zhenzhong Ma; Kuo‐Hsun Yu Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the research paradigms of contemporary knowledge management studies in the past decade using citation and co‐citation analysis. Design/methodology/approach Research in any academic area often clusters...

...Gillian Ragsdell Purpose The purpose of this paper is to contribute to an emerging debate centred on the ways in which knowledge management (KM) might be effectively researched and, in turn, how KM practice might be improved. Design/methodology/approach Burrell and Morgan's...

...Francisco J. Cantú; Alberto Bustani; Arturo Molina; Hector Moreira Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce a model for the knowledge‐based development (KBD) of a region using a research chair strategy at Tecnológico de Monterrey, to describe its impact and to propose its use...

...Robert Karaszewski Purpose The purpose of this paper is the evaluation of largest corporations' position in the world's economy and the influence of basic knowledge elements on building the competitive potential of the global business leading corporations. The main objective of this research...

.... The findings also reveal that knowledge sharing is only likely to occur if new project members are welcomed emotionally as valuable contributors to a common task. Research limitations/implications Given the exploratory nature of this paper, it suggests using the results as a starting ground...

... how the firms can take advantage of an active management of knowledge flows. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Innovation Knowledge management Research Social networks As the structures of R&D are transformed to become more effective in innovation, they introduce new problems...

... to provide principles for the emerging science of knowledge management. This paper surveys this research and discusses results, which indicate more attention needs to be given to: problem formulation; asking the right questions; use of teams; organization of knowledge; expanding scope of expert systems...

...David Willer; Lisa Rutström; Linda B. Karr; Mamadi Corra; Dudley Girard Reports on a project to create a new infrastructure for experimental economics and sociology by connecting cutting edge research to Web‐based software development. The project will build and maintain an active Web site...