Our member, prof. Ramona-Diana Leon from National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania, announces the book entitled Managerial Strategies for Business Sustainability During Turbulent Times, recently published at IGI Global. The book brings forward several methods and techniques which managers can use in order to make sure that their organizations remain strong and steady during difficult times. It provides an image on how knowledge management and strategic management can influence firms development, and their relationships with the internal and external stakeholders. Nevertheless, it analyses various issues from the micro and macro-environment. 

More details can be found here: https://www.igi-global.com/book/managerial-strategies-business-sustainability-during/178214.

​We are happy to announce the publication of the next book of the IAKM Springer Book Series entitled: "Emergent Knowledge Strategies: Strategic Thinking in Knowledge Management" edited by Ettore Bolisani and Constantin Bratianu. More information is available  at: ​​http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783319606569.

On 7th June, IAKM co-organized a panel discussion on the topic of KM and Big Data. Panelist were Meliha Handzic (International Burch University - Sarajevo), Ettore Bolisani (University of Padova), Enrico Scarso (University of Padova), Tatiana Gavrilova (Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg), all members of IAKM, and our colleague Daniela Carlucci (University of Basilicata). 

More details can be found here.

Our members, Dr. Prof. Constantin Bratianu and Dr. Alexandra Zbuchea, organize a special track on Knowledge Management and Intellectual Capital during the Strategica International Academic Conference 2017. Suggested topics may cover, but are not limited to, the following aspects of KE: knowledge as a strategic resource, knowledge management, organizational knowledge dynamics, knowledge workers, knowledge strategies, intellectual capital, business intelligence, organizational learning and the learning organizations.  More details can be found here. ​

Our Association organizes a Doctoral Workshop on the future of KM: short-time goals and long-term vision in advance of the main European Conference on Knowledge Management (ECKM) 2017. The Knowledge Management Doctoral Workshop will focus on the subjects of KM research, practice and teaching and learning.   Experts from IAKM will share their views with workshop participants with the ultimate aim to enhance the KM learning of early career researchers (to include PhD candidates) and to encourage knowledge share and networking amongst participants.

​More information about the workshop can be found here. 

The new IAKM Board has been elected for the two-year term 2017 and 2018. Its members are:

1. Ettore Bolisani (President)
2. Sandra Moffett (VicePresident)
3. Alexeis Garcia-Perez (VicePresident)
4. Malgorzata Zieba (Communications Supervisor)
5. Constantin Bratianu (Supervisor of new Membership Applications)

Congratulations and good luck to the elected members! 

We are happy to announce the publication of the next book of the IAKM Springer Book Series entitled: "Knowledge and Project Management: A Shared Approach to Improve Performance" edited by Meliha Handzic and Antonio Bassi. More information is available  at: http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319510668.

The free summer school "Innovations in KM Practices" will be held at Graduate School of Management SPbU next June 10-11, 2017, right after the conference IFKAD 2017. The school for young researchers “Innovations in KM Practices” includes lectures, seminars, panel discussions and workshops by leading Russian and foreign researchers. The number of participants is limited! More information can be found here.

​Our members, Elena-Mădălina Vătămănescu and Florina Pînzaru announce the Call for chapters for the book "Knowledge Management in the Sharing Economy - Cross-Sectoral Insights into the Future of Competitive Advantage" (Springer International Publishing). More details can be found here.

Our member, prof. Eric Tsui from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University recommends the only full KM course offered in MOOC, entitled Knowledge Management and Big Data in Business. It is now in the 4th delivery with new and expanded content. There are than 46,000 registered since its launch in Aug 2015. The course is free of charge and is available at: https://www.edx.org/course/knowledge-management-big-data-business-hkpolyux-ise101x-2. Learn about the integrative power of knowledge management, Big Data and Cloud Computing, and how they impact the new business era!