Abstract: The role of the chief knowledge officer (CKO) within organisations has grown in importance. The information management literature has discussed the notion of CKO, but has not effectively addressed the rationale behind the creation of CKO position in an innovation firm. This paper explores the need for and value of a CKO by
multinational enterprise
Knowledge Integrator Nodes (KINs)
Abstract: The concept of the emergence of a knowledge integrator node in project teams or internal and external networks of a firm is explored. Aspects of the literature on the knowledge creation process and key actors and their roles and knowledge management in boundary-spanning networks development in multinational companies are presented. A grain trading
What knowledge managers really manage?
Abstract: In the literature, with the idea of knowledge as perceptive and as a commodity, which can be codified, stored, and easily transmitted (Chiva and Alegre, 2005), the goal of knowledge management is to capture, utilize, and leverage knowledge via the application of information and communication technologies for the benefit of the organization (Vera
