National and local agency support for Scottish SME internationalisation activity: lessons for small transition economies
January 22, 2009
A sample article of one of our recommended journals. This paper identifies the continuing and new threats to peripheral old industrial areas from EU enlargement and restructuring of inward investment flows.
Sample articles on KM in SMEs
January 22, 2009
A collection of sample articles on KM in SMEs from our recommended journals. The articles deal with SME innovation management, cultural diversity and framing of individual management knowledge.
Feedback from IST Project ENKE – Applying KM in SMEs
January 22, 2009
One lesson ENKE had to learn to successfully implement KM was to get support and acceptance from the management and the employees especially in SMEs. Read the public report from the ENKE project and the conclusions they draw.
Help us to write a European Guide to Good Practice in KM!
January 22, 2009
Most KM implementations fail to take adequate account of human and organisational issues, and for this reason achieve less than ideal results. However, human, organisational and cultural issues are not easy to address! This is the cue for introduction of the CEN/ISSS Workshop on KM. Why not play your part in writing our European Guide to Good Practice in KM?
CEN/ISSS Workshop on Knowledge Management – Home Page
January 22, 2009
In Sept 2002, the European Standardisation Committee CEN/ISSS launched its first Workshop on Knowledge Management. Like former work before it, carried out by the British Standards Institution in the UK, the work is not intending to produce hard standards for KM, but to contribute to the informed clarity debate by providing guidelines for good practice in the business context in Europe.
Agenda Theme #3: "Do I need KM in my SME?" (Updated 23-Jan-2003)
January 22, 2009
The European Knowledge Management Forum is running monthly themes about dedicated topics. In January 2003, we aim to stimulate the discussion about the role of KM in SMEs: Which business problems can be solved with the help of KM solutions and which business benefits can be gained? What are the real requirements of SMEs in KM? What is special about KM in SMEs?” Find here the current agenda for this theme!
eLIVE: Accelerated eLearning and Innovation Network for European SMEs
January 22, 2009
The main objective of this project is to provide leadership and support for European SMEs in learning and sharing knowledge, based on adult learning exchange and knowledge management principles and processes. The eLIVE project is funded by the European Commission’s Go Digital programme.
KM for Beginners: Managing Knowledge Without Tears
January 22, 2009
In this paper Sultan Kermally corrects some myths about KM, and answers questions that every ‘beginner’ has. His paper closes with some short instructions how to make a start in KM.
Small Companies also need KM
January 22, 2009
This article by Ann Hylton, talks about how KM is still viewed by small organisations as a fad and something only the giants can afford to indulge in. She states that in fact smaller sized companies were the forerunners of KM and how they have been practicing KM since ancient times.
Your social network effects your behaviors and even your health
January 22, 2009
By David Gurteen
There is a fascinating article titled
Three Degrees of Contagion in the January 2009 issue of New Scientist.
Recent research shows that our behaviors and habits are more strongly influenced by friends and relatives than we might imagine. Furthermore, it seems that behaviors, ill-health and even moods pass through friendship networks across several degrees of separation, and we are almost bound to “catch” them.
The research applies to our face to face social networks but what intrigues me is the unanswered question: What about our on-line social networks, mediated through FaceBook, discussion forums and the like? What influence do these networks have on our behaviors? I suspect they too have an influence albeit to a lesser degree.
In the article, they offer five tips for a healthier social network:
- Choose your friends carefully.
- Choose which of your existing friends you spend the most time with. For example, hang out with people who are upbeat, or avoid couch potatoes.
- Join a club whose members you would like to emulate (running, healthy cooking), and socialise with them.
- If you are with people whose emotional state or behaviours you could do without, try to avoid the natural inclination to mimic their facial expressions and postures.
- Be aware at all times of your susceptibility to social influence – and remember that being a social animal is mostly a good thing.
Source: Three Degrees of Contagion, New Scientist, January 2009.
This seems good advise for our online social networks also!
