Abstract Knowledge is an abstract concept without any reference to the tangible world. It is a
very powerful concept, yet it has no clear definition so far. From the Greek philosophers up to …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the knowledge dynamics process based
on the energy metaphor and the thermodynamics framework. Knowledge dynamics is …

The emergence of knowledge economy and knowledge management revealed the need for
reconsidering the concept of knowledge in a larger framework than that created by …

The purpose of this paper is to present a critical analysis of the well known knowledge
dynamics model elaborated by Ikujiro Nonaka and his co-workers. The essence of this …

The intellectual capital research and practice entered in the last years into a visible decline
due to some barriers in understanding its intangible nature and designing Newtonian …

Abstract Kindergarten Social Assistive Robot (KindSAR) is an innovative tool promotes
children's development through social interaction. This pilot study demonstrates how …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the influences of different types of
knowledge and their inherent dynamics on the effectiveness of the decision-making (DM) …

Purpose Knowledge creation has received substantial attention by researchers, ever since
the Socialization Externalization Combination Internalization (SECI) process was …

The purpose of this paper is to present an overview of the state-ofthe-art in organizational
knowledge creation, a field of research that is expanding almost exponentially. Knowledge …

The purpose of this paper is to present a new perspective on knowledge dynamics. This
perspective is based on the energy metaphor and the theory of multifield knowledge …