VINE: Volume 41 Issue 4

Sociomaterial practice and the constitutive entanglement of social and material resources: The case of construction work

Alexander Styhre

The concept of sociomaterial practice has been proposed as a term including materiality as constitutive elements in any social practice. The concept also suggests that while…

Requirements for an information system to support transactive memory

Paul Jackson

Transactive memory systems (TMS) is a theory of group cognition which conceptualizes knowledge sharing and retrieval processes in groups by the use of a shared “directory”. This…

Getting ready for kaizen: organizational and knowledge management enablers

Rémy Magnier‐Watanabe

In an economy where firms compete for limited resources, focusing internally to boost efficiency and reduce waste is critical. In particular, the kaizen philosophy of continuous…

Intellectual capital and strategy development: an interventionist approach

John Dumay

The paper's aim is to examine, by way of a case study, the use of intellectual capital (IC) narrative in the development of a strategic plan for the case study organisation.

The power of stories in the construction industry: lessons from other domains

Jodith K.L. Leung, Patrick S.W. Fong

Storytelling is regarded as a fundamental way for humans to communicate with each other, no matter whether in the form of folklore, myths or war stories. Storytelling is applied…

Knowledge domain and innovation behaviour: A framework to conceptualize KMSs in small and medium enterprises

Silvia Massa, Stefania Testa

This study aims to develop a categorization framework for knowledge management systems in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Framework dimensions have been identified as company…