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The managerial foundations of knowledge assets dynamics
The ability of an organisation to harness knowledge assets dynamics lies at the core of organisational value creation capacity. A key challenge both for researchers and for practitioners is to understand how to measure and manage knowledge assets dynamics. In this paper the managerial foundations of knowledge assets dynamics are introduced. For measuring and managing knowledge assets dynamics w…
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- Vol. 7, No. 4. December 2009. pp. 290–299
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Is there something wrong with intellectual capital management models?
During the recent years the intellectual capital (IC) literature has produced tens of models to support the various IC management (ICM) activities, such as identification, measurement, valuation, acquisition and reporting IC. However, the practice of applying these models seems to be a fairly new issue in many organisations. The gap between research and practice (i.e. not many organisations see…
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- Vol. 7, No. 4. December 2009. pp. 300–307
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Intellectual capital management in practice: assessment of implementation and…
In recent decades, a huge variety of models for managing intellectual capital (IC) have been generated. However, understanding how IC management (ICM) models operate in practice and the issues that may be encountered when they are implemented remain a challenging issue. This is because there seems to be a significant gap between the enthusiastic development of ICM models in theory and the appli…
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- Vol. 7, No. 4, December 2009.pp. 308–316
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A social network scorecard to monitor knowledge flows across communication media
This paper describes the application of a scorecard, based on social network analysis, to monitor the evolution of knowledge flows. This scorecard helps organizations to identify new ways to optimize knowledge flows by combining communication media that match their working environments. Three case studies were conducted: one within an Italian Research Centre, and two within U.S.-based Research …
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- Vol. 7, No. 4, December 2009. pp. 317–328
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Measuring knowledge creation in virtual teams through the social network anal…
The current literature regarding virtual teams (VTs) lacks outcomes related to intellectual capital (IC) and knowledge management (KM). Moreover, e-collaboration and VTs need the necessary metrics to assess the real benefits that KM derives from the use of new e-collaboration technologies. There is also scarce evaluation of the cause–effect linkage between a VT structural configuration and its …
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- Vol. 7, No. 4, December 2009. pp. 329–338
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How knowledge assets lead to a sustainable competitive advantage: are organiz…
Even though knowledge assets have been widely recognized as the principal drivers of firm's competitive advantage, few are the frameworks that have explained how these strategic assets are transformed into value and how the value creation process occurs. Also there is a confusing terminology in the literature surrounding many concepts explaining the dynamics of value creation. By conducting a S…
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- Vol. 7, No. 4, December 2009. pp. 339–355
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An intellectual capital perspective of human resource strategies and practices
Previous research has investigated the relationships between intellectual capital (IC) and human resource management (HRM). Others have described the link between IC and strategic initiatives in an organization including strategic human resource management (SHRM). However, little systematic work has been done to develop a holistic overview of connections between the three concepts. Through an a…
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- Vol. 7, No. 4, December 2009.pp. 356–364
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How do Miles and Snow's strategic types differ in their knowledge assets? Evi…
This paper takes a knowledge-based view of firms and discusses the importance of linking organizational knowledge assets into corporate strategy. In order to conceptualize knowledge assets, the paper adopts the intellectual capital (IC) framework, which distinguishes three IC components: human, structural and relational capital. As regards business strategy, the paper adopts Miles and Snow's mo…
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- Vol. 7, NO. 4, December 2009.pp. 377–386
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The effect of intellectual capital attributes on organizational performance. …
In this study, we propose to model how intellectual capital (IC) attributes affect the performance of organizations operating in the performing arts sector, more specifically opera companies. In particular, the aim of this paper is twofold in that it seeks: (1) to analyze the role IC plays in performing arts organizations; and (2) to propose research hypotheses that suggest how IC affects the p…
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- Vol. 7, No. 4, December 2009. pp. 365–376
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Organisational capacity to absorb external R&D: industrial differences in ass…
Being competitive entails continuously performing product and process innovations. The acquisition of externally generated R&D is therefore increasingly important. However, firms have different needs when performing this process. The paper presents 26 drivers of intellectual capital (IC) as crucial for the absorption of externally generated R&D. Additionally we identify divergences in a range o…
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- Vol. 8, No. 2, June 2010. pp. 102–111
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Creating the KM mindset: why is it so difficult?
The knowledge management (KM) mindset is a precursor to a knowledge-sharing culture. It is often assumed that developing a KM mindset is somewhat easier than developing a knowledge-sharing culture in an organization. However, the task is daunting for knowledge managers. To explore and understand the issue, we conducted research using focus group methodology that identified the key challenges th…
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- Vol. 8, No. 2, June 2010. pp. 112–120
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Making memories available: a framework for preserving rural heritage through …
While most of the research in Knowledge Management (KM) has focused on business communities, there is a breadth of potential applications of KM theory and practice to wider society. This paper explores the potential of KM for rural communities, specifically for those that want to preserve their social history and collective memories (what we call heritage) to enrich the lives of others. In KM t…
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- Vol. 8, No. 2, June 2010. pp. 121–134
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From ivory towers to online bazaars? The internet, social media and competing…
In line with the development of new media, newspaper companies are facing drastic changes in their competitive environment. Managing change requires both new capabilities and new ways of thinking. Organizational learning could be seen in terms of increasing shared organizational knowledge through changing social practices, which in turn consist of discourses. In this article we investigate the …
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- Vol. 8, No. 2, June 2010. pp. 135–145
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Relational effects on knowledge integration: the differential effects on sear…
The paper investigates the effect of homophily and status differences on knowledge integration among individuals involved in product development activities. By distinguishing between search and transfer as two integral parts of the knowledge integration process, the paper addresses the question of how cognitive and motivational barriers to knowledge integration operate differently through the s…
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- Vol. 8, No. 2, June 2010. pp. 146–160
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Knowledge management technology-in-practice: a social constructionist analysi…
This paper argues that Knowledge Management Technology (KMT) is socially constructed in use based on the affordances and constraints of the technology artefact. Since many Knowledge Management (KM) systems are introduced with vague purposes (such as to improve knowledge sharing) it is therefore their affordances and constraints which strongly shape the socially constructed ‘KMT-in-practice’. Th…
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- Vol. 8, No. 2, June 2010. pp. 161–172
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Knowledge of the natural and the social: how are they different and what do t…
Knowledge of the natural and the social are irreducibly different yet have much in common. The differences lie at the levels of complexity they engage, modes of explanation they adopt, investigation aims they allow and whether they assert a ‘double hermeneutic’ effect to the behaviour of the studied objects. Knowledge are in common in that they are all construed out of available resources, just…
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- Vol. 8, No. 2, June 2010. pp. 173–188
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Making the past relevant to future generations. The work of the Anne Frank Ho…
This paper provides the context and outlines the barriers and opportunities for developing promising Holocaust education programmes in Latin America, especially working with diverse communities and societies. In particular, the conflictual history of Latin American and recent democratization processes present opportunities for educational work. It is argued that teaching about the history of th…
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- Volume 21, Issue S1 2010 , pages S7 - S15
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'But, apartheid was also genocide … What about our suffering?' Teaching the…
Participants in South African educator workshops focusing on teaching the Holocaust and the 1994 genocide in Rwanda frequently declare that apartheid was also genocide. These comments seem like a cry to recognize that South Africa's past of human-rights abuses and pain also deserves a definition, and genocide seems to be the desired title of ultimate suffering. How do you teach the Holocaust an…
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- Volume 21, Issue S1 2010 , pages S17 - S26
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Moving beyond the toolbox: teaching human rights through teaching the Holocau…
What role might Holocaust education play in post-apartheid South Africa? What role might the teacher of the Holocaust play? This paper examines the considerations that have shaped the programmes developed by the South African Holocaust Foundation to support South African teachers teaching about the Holocaust. This programme is set against a society removed in time and space from the history of …
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- Volume 21, Issue S1 2010 , pages S27 - S31
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The problem with using historical parallels as a method in Holocaust and geno…
Teaching the Holocaust in multicultural classrooms and in places which have experienced mass violence raises the question of whether specific methods of teaching are required. One of the answers is that Holocaust education in these cases should facilitate the creation of parallels and similarities between past events and the experiences of the learners. This concept is contrasted with a histori…
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- Volume 21, Issue S1 2010 , pages S33 - S40
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