Bibliometric Analysis Regarding Knowledge Strategies in Intelligence Structures

Abstract

Abstract This paper aims to present a literature review focusing the linkages between the knowledge strategies domain and intelligence structures area. Considering the fact that knowledge is one of the most important strategic resources of an organization and the fact that intelligence structures play a key role in the national security field, the possibility of implementing the knowledge strategies concepts in the intelligence field should be researched accordingly. The methodology used for this research is the bibliometric analysis conducted using the specialized software VOSViewer, based on the co-occurrence between certain words and expressions from article title, abstracts and keywords. The databases needed for this research were retrieved from Scopus core collection, using the following expressions: “knowledge strategies”, “knowledge management – knowledge strategies”, “intelligence organizations”, “intelligence structures”, “intelligence organizations – knowledge”, “knowledge – intelligence structures”, “knowledge strategies – intelligence”, “knowledge management – knowledge strategies – intelligence” and “knowledge management – intelligence organizations”. The result of these bibliometric analyses demonstrates that, based on the publications indexed in Scopus core collection, there is no research published regarding the opportunity and possibility of implementing knowledge strategies concepts in the intelligence structure vision. The contribution of this research constitutes the fact that this is the first bibliometric analysis of the literature concerning the possbile connections between knowledge strategies and intelligence structures.