Scientific research is increasingly dependent on the sharing of research data that is in digital
form. This collection of essays, inspired by European work on the economics of knowledge …

Cover art and website design by Jake Fagan. Report design and layout by Jillian C. Wallis.
The report was set in Myriad Pro using Adobe InDesign CS3, and printed on 70# Neenah …

When scientific and technical work goes on within a formal organization, what effect, if any,
does the organizational setting have on the production of facts and artefacts? This question …

The focus of this special issue is on Knowledge Infrastructures. We have witnessed
important changes in research and knowledge production in recent decades associated with …

In recent years there has been a growing interest in the nature of knowledge, its structure,
and its utilization. With the advent and proliferation of computers and databases, knowledge …

Based on a taxonomy of knowledge management processes, this chapter provides a
synopsis of technologies that support knowledge management. It proposes a model for …

Like Weiss, I too dislike some of the postmodern writings on organizations. I too worry that
shallow works given even more shallow and opportunistic readings can have negative …

In recent years, the creation, development, and capturing of value from knowledge has
emerged as a critical issue in many firms and industries. This development has led to a burst …

The social system of knowledge—or knowledge system, for short—is an accounting scheme
that helps organize the search for social impact of science (SIS) indicators. The accounting …

The terms “knowledge creation” and “knowledge building” represent the same core idea, an
idea suggested by the conjunction of the words “creation” and “building”: Knowledge is the …