IAKM members are invited to participate to the special track on Knowledge Economy, part of the Strategica online conference (October 15-16, 2020). Track is coordinated by Prof.dr. Constantin Bratianu and dr. Alexandra Zbuchea. The IAKM members benefit of a 20% discount. 

Knowledge Economy (KE) is increasing its contribution to GDP of most countries in an accelerated rhythm and enlarges rapidly toward the emergent economies. In KE, knowledge becomes a strategic resource, and managing knowledge becomes a driving force of achieving a competitive advantage. Suggested topics may cover, but are not limited to, the following aspects of KE:  Knowledge as a strategic resource, at individual and organizational levels; Organizational knowledge dynamics: models and processes; Knowledge workers and knowledge management; Knowledge strategies for a turbulent business environment; Intellectual capital, models, evaluation, reporting and disclosure; Organizational learning and the learning organizations; Knowledge creation and innovation; Knowledge risks in a competitive global market.

Due to these troubled times the conference will be fully online, but the participants will benefit from a special (online) Romanian-experience gala.

More details are available at STRATEGICA – International Academic Conference

Dear IAKM Members,

We are living in a global crisis generated by the pandemic of COVOD-19, a crisis with immediate dramatic effects on human life and with long term consequences on the national economies, health systems, business dynamics, social environment, and educational new challenges. We are experts and scientists, but we are people with emotions and hopes, moral values, and social responsibilities. We are afraid of what might happen to us, with our family members, with our friends and other people. But, we can understand much better what happens with this pandemic than many other people, so it is our duty to explain and help others to understand the complexity and the real dangers of this crisis.

We are experts in knowledge management, and knowledge is one of the main resources that can help us in finding solutions to all these problems. However, we have to change our thinking paradigm from stability, determinism, and deliberate strategies, to change, probabilistic approaches, and emergent strategies. We have to consider this crisis as an opportunity to create new knowledge and to accept unlearning of some old principles and procedures in favor of learning new and more adequate ones. Also, as university professors, let us think about the new ways of teaching our students and for promoting a new blending educational system based on developing efficient learning environments with the help of artificial intelligence applications and more friendly information technologies.

I would like to see this message as a message of solidarity, friendship, and hope for all the IAKM members. Let us consider our association as a community of practice and to share between us our thoughts and feelings. Let us keep in touch, and learn about our colleagues academic achievements. Let us hope for efficient solutions to end this crisis as soon as possible.

Dr Suzanne Zyngier is pleased to announce the CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS: Handbook of Research on Knowledge Management Tools in Higher Education. Institutions of Higher Education are knowledge centres for society. They pursue key initiatives for developing generations of scholars and practitioners. The teaching-learning act itself is a process of knowledge sharing with and between students. Knowledge Management (KM) principles, strategies, models, tools, and techniques have been proven in government, business and industry. More recently KM has emerged as an essential enabler for the successful pursuit of scholarly activities in higher education. This handbook of research focuses on the investigation of the adoption of KM principles, strategies, models, tools, and techniques in all aspects of higher education. The purpose of this book is to present an opportunity for both academic and practitioner-scholars to present original, unpublished research articles related to knowledge management in Higher Education. Full details can be found here: https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/4189

Important Dates: Mar 15, 2020 Proposal submission deadline, Apr 14, 2020 Notification of Proposal Acceptance, Jul 13, 2020, Full chapter submission; Sep 10, 2020 Review results returned; Oct 8, 2020, Revised chapter due from back authors; Oct 22, 2020, Final Acceptance Notification; Nov 5, 2020, Final Chapter Submission. Publication in 2021.

On 19 March 2020, before the International Conference on Business Excellence (ICBE) in Bucharest, Romania there will be organized IAKM Board meeting. Please let the President, prof. Constantin Bratianu (constantin.bratianu@gmail.com) know if there are any issues coming from our members to be discussed during the meeting.

During the ICBE conference there will also be organized the IAKM Workshop promoting KM challenges. More details about the workshop and the guest speakers can be found here.

Prof. Eduardo Tome extends the deadline for the conference TAKE 2020, which will be organized in Stuttgart, Germany between the 1st and the 3rd July, 2020. TAKE is an international scientific conference devoted to the multidisciplinary study of the knowledge economy. In particular, it intends to analyze the relation and the gap between theories and practices in the knowledge economy of the 21st century. Therefore, it brings together researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to discuss, advance, and shape the future of the knowledge economy.
The extended call for abstracts is open till 14th February 2020. More details are available at  https://www.take-conference2020.com/.

Our colleague, prof. Malgorzata Zieba is happy to announce the CfP for the special issue on ‘Innovations in Small Businesses and Sustainability’ in the Sustainability journal (IF = 2.592). The issue is co-edited together with prof. Susanne Durst from University of Skövde and University West, Skövde, Sweden and prof. Serdal Temel from Ege University, Faculty of Engineering, Turkey.

In this Special Issue, the Editors encourage scholars and practitioners to share their findings and insights on how innovation contributes (or can contribute) to the opportunities and challenges provided by sustainability. Considerable attention has already been devoted to sustainability in large companies, however this is not the case with smaller firms. This Special Issue will make a contribution to changing that. Papers adopting different theoretical lenses and worldviews, using different research methods, analysing different types of smaller firms and exploring the topic in different countries are strongly encouraged.

More details about the CfP can be found at: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/innovations_besiness?fbclid=IwAR09dDS1R4FB7dKZ9F-IbxnjH-8F-uWo2SXM4hkbOZA6PJ_OWbqysldoDU8

The XV edition of IFKAD on the theme of KNOWLEDGE IN DIGITAL AGE will be held in Rome (University of Rome Tre), Italy, 17-19 June 2020.



Our member, prof. Giovanni Schiuma is delighted to announce the CALL FOR ABSTRACT.

Deadline for abstract submission: 20 January 2020

The XV edition of IFKAD aims to represent a space of inspiration and knowledge, as well as an ‘agora’ of learning, networking and sharing where experts, entrepreneurs, professionals and academics meet to discuss about why and how technologies and digital transformation may act as levers to innovate, transform and improve knowledge management systems, working schemes, innovation processes, business models and customer-orientation, as well as to understand how public organizations may improve their level of efficiency and the value provided to the citizens, making government more transparent and responsive, trying to raise quality of life and, accordingly, drive territorial development and positive change in society.

For further information about submission guidelines, themes and special tracks, please visit the IFKAD website - https://www.ifkad.org/