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Knowledge networks and social networks are the drivers of information sharing and they play an important role in diffusion of technology and related knowledge. In this study the key informants in a village setup are studies to understand the farmer’s network with an objective to understand the existing social, knowledge systems and their structure, characteristics and relationships between different actors. The purpose is to use these channels as means to disseminate technologies and related information. We use the network map analysis as a tool to demonstrate the linkages between the key actors. Attributes captured in the study are information flows between different actors, the type of information, timeliness and frequency of information and mode of communication. The study is undertaken in 6 districts covering 20 villages of Bihar where 111 key informants were interviewed and this is supplemented with survey of 1000 households. The paper uses a mixed approach of quantitative and qualitative analysis.

Software development is a problem-solving activity, where ideas are combined in complex ways to create a software product that embodies new knowledge. In this endeavor, software developers constantly look for actionable knowledge to help solve the problem at hand. While knowledge management efforts in the software development domain traditionally involved technical initiatives such as knowledge repositories, experience factories, and lessons-to-learn databases, there is a growing appreciation in the software community of the role of developers' personal knowledge networks in software development. However, research is scarce on the nature of these networks, the knowledge resources accessed from these networks, and the differences, if any, between developers of different experience levels. This research seeks to fill this void. Based on a case study in a software development organization, this research explores the nature of knowledge networks of developers from a social capital perspective. Specifically, it examines the structural and relational dimensions of developers' knowledge networks, identifies the specific actionable knowledge resources accessed from these networks, and explores how entry-level and more experienced developers differ along these dimensions. The findings from the qualitative analysis, backed by limited quantitative analysis of the case study data underpin the discussion, implications for practice and future research directions.

Software development is a problem-solving activity, where ideas are combined in complex ways to create a software product that embodies new knowledge. In this endeavor, software developers constantly look for actionable knowledge to help solve the problem at hand. While knowledge management efforts in the software development domain traditionally involved technical initiatives such as knowledge repositories, experience factories, and lessons-to-learn databases, there is a growing appreciation in the software community of the role of developers' personal knowledge networks in software development. However, research is scarce on the nature of these networks, the knowledge resources accessed from these networks, and the differences, if any, between developers of different experience levels. This research seeks to fill this void. Based on a case study in a software development organization, this research explores the nature of knowledge networks of developers from a social capital perspective. Specifically, it examines the structural and relational dimensions of developers' knowledge networks, identifies the specific actionable knowledge resources accessed from these networks, and explores how entry-level and more experienced developers differ along these dimensions. The findings from the qualitative analysis, backed by limited quantitative analysis of the case study data underpin the discussion, implications for practice and future research directions.

How can reliability be generated and sustained in the face of uncertainty? This question is explored by examining knowledge networks among pastoralists and others in northern Kenya, emerging in response to a highly variable animal disease setting. Using quantitative and qualitative social network analysis, intersecting locally-embedded, development project and political networks are identified. Drawing on high-reliability theory, as applied to critical infrastructures, the paper explores the key characteristics of the knowledge networks in relation to systems, knowledges, relationships, technologies, professionals and politics. Reliability – the ability to provide stable services and respond variability in real-time – is shown to be related to the networked capacity to mobilise knowledge to confront uncertainty and avoid ignorance, with certain high-reliability professionals central. The locally-embedded network in particular has important characteristics of a high reliability knowledge network, but key brokers link to the development project and political network. Development challenges often require addressing uncertainty and even ignorance and lessons from high-reliability approaches can be crucial.

The article presents an analytical review of the research of corporate universities as knowledge management institutions implementing strategies for the formation of intellectual capital based on the knowledge network, reveals the role of corporate universities in continuing professional education and training. The aim of the project is to systematize the theoretical results of relevant research, summarize the main conceptual solutions in the field of knowledge management, identify key priorities and promising strategies of corporate universities in Russia, China and other countries in this area. The main task is to determine the role of corporate universities in the implementation of the strategy of continuing education, in improving the quality of professional education and the formation of corporate culture within the framework of a comparative analysis of specific cases of knowledge management in corporate universities. Improving the quality of vocational education and solving the problems of continuing education is largely associated with the development of modern corporate universities and improving the quality of knowledge management. One of the advantages of corporate universities is their potential in ensuring the integration of corporate needs into higher education. In this regard, the role of knowledge management is increasing as a way to implement the educational strategy of a corporate university, which involves achieving the goals of the organization by increasing intellectual capital as a decisive factor in the development of innovative systems. The tendency of corporate universities to go beyond the function of continuous learning as an additional component is revealed, in such a way that the function of continuous learning plays an increasingly important role in ensuring the development of organizations and institutions. The formation of a theoretical basis for the study of strategies of corporate universities in various countries in the field of knowledge management based on their comparative analysis is becoming in demand. An analytical review of the scientific literature confirms the gradual formation of a special conceptual framework for knowledge management research in corporate universities around the world. Methodology. The principles of the methodology of comparative analysis were used, qualitative analysis and theoretical generalization were carried out.

Personal knowledge networks have been primarily conceived by researchers with regard to the inter-firm knowledge sources between organisations, where networks are informal and personal. Instead of looking at the organisational context, some researchers investigate the intra-firm aspects at personal level of organisational knowledge networks, where knowledge management processes start and end. In a recent study on agent-mediated personal knowledge management (PKM) processes, an interview survey has been conducted to investigate the needs of organisations in tapping the personal knowledge networks among the employees by understanding the processes of managing knowledge at personal level. It also attempts to justify the knowledge sources for agent-mediation that are not only characterised by the usual knowledge repositories and databases, but also the knowledge experts within and outside of an organisation. The survey covers two main industries in Malaysia, which are Service and Education, in which the sampling of experts for respondents is made on these two industries. This paper analyses and discusses the results of this interview survey, to contribute to the domain of agent technology in mediating the human knowledge worker's PKM processes. It then recommends future works in modelling the bottom-up approach of PKM-OKM, where personal knowledge networks manifest the organisational knowledge management with the help of software agents.

Objective Current study used quantitative research methods to reveal the regional medical information research in hotspots, and summarize the mainstream knowledge base to provide the reference for researchers in the field. Methods A systematic search was conducted to find publications in CNKI, Wanfang Database and PubMed. Bibliometrics method, social network analysis, co-word analysis, principal component analysis and multidimensional scaling analysis were used in this study. Results ① total 11, 482 articles published from 1984 to 2013 were screened out. The development of research publications showed an increasing trend, and the papers were distributed in 1233 types of journals. The number of authors who located in Beijing, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Shandong ranked top five. ② The top 59 high-frequency key words were identified that representing the hot contents in regional health information technology research field, and was used to build knowledge network map. Among them, HIS, electronic medical records, hospital information technology, information technology were at the core of this research area. ③ We summarized research and development in the field of nine major mainstream knowledge base include: research on electronic medical records, medical personnel, information systems, information security, information networks, information sharing, information integration, information technology, and information management, resident’s health record related studies; qualitative analysis and problem-oriented research; HIS and telemedicine-related research; community-related research, two-way referral related research, health care reform and cloud computing-related research, telemedicine related research and V43 related research. Conclusions The development of regional medical information research has good momentum and closely follow the international trend, but the research contents and methods are still distance from international standard.. Research mostly focused on hospital information system construction, regional research and applied research are weak and need to be further improved. Key words: Regional medical information; Bibliometrics, co-word analysis; Social network analysis; Knowledge Network; Quantitative research

Potential index: Revealing the future impact of research topics based on current knowledge networks

BackgroundInvestigations into knowledge about food and medicinal plants in a certain geographic area or within a specific group are an important element of ethnobotanical research. This knowledge is context specific and dynamic due to changing ecological, social and economic circumstances. Migration processes affect food habits and the knowledge and use of medicinal plants as a result of adaptations that have to be made to new surroundings and changing environments. This study analyses and compares the different dynamics in the transmission of knowledge about food and medicinal plants among Tyrolean migrants in Australia, Brazil and Peru.MethodsA social network approach was used to collect data on personal networks of knowledge about food and medicinal plants among Tyroleans who have migrated to Australia, Brazil and Peru and their descendants. A statistical analysis of the personal network maps and a qualitative analysis of the narratives were combined to provide insight into the process of transmitting knowledge about food and medicinal plants.Results56 personal networks were identified in all (food: 30; medicinal plants: 26) across all the field sites studied here. In both sets of networks, the main source of knowledge is individual people (food: 71%; medicinal plants: 68%). The other sources mentioned are print and audiovisual media, organisations and institutions. Personal networks of food knowledge are larger than personal networks of medicinal plant knowledge in all areas of investigation. Relatives play a major role as transmitters of knowledge in both domains.ConclusionsHuman sources, especially relatives, play an important role in knowledge transmission in both domains. Reference was made to other sources as well, such as books, television, the internet, schools and restaurants. By taking a personal network approach, this study reveals the mode of transmission of knowledge about food and medicinal plants within a migrational context.

City's economic development is increasingly dependent on its positionality in urban networks built on various intercity element flows. In this study, based on data crawling and gravity modelling, seven urban networks of 286 prefecture-level and above cities in mainland China were constructed for 2011 and 2019, and various influencing factors were analyzed. A qualitative comparative analysis was then employed to explore the impacts of urban connectivity in different networks on the urban economy and shed light on the optimal combination of networks to support urban economic growth effectively. The results demonstrate that in 2011, intercity capital, information, trade, knowledge, and technology networks were all essential to urban economic development, while the labour and transportation networks were supporting the former five networks. In 2019, urban development relied more on innovative knowledge and technology networks rather than labour, information, transportation, and trade networks. The importance of the capital network decreased, whereas the knowledge and technology networks still played significant roles in urban economic growth, suggesting an overall transformation to an innovation-driven economy in China.

With the introduction of new treatments, it is expected that patients living with cystic fibrosis will have a longer life expectancy. Subsequently, healthcare organisations will need to develop their services to meet the needs of these patients as they grow older and develop more complex healthcare needs. Patient and public involvement has been used as a methodology for involving patients and members of the public in service development processes. This scoping review aimed to identify enabling and limiting factors of patient and public involvement in ensuring that patients with cystic fibrosis have meaningful involvement in the development of services. The Knowledge Network, CINAHL, Medline, University of Dundee Library and Google Scholar were searched. Articles published in English since 2013 that were related to the involvement of patients with cystic fibrosis in development of healthcare services in the UK were reviewed. Five studies were included in the final review, with findings collated using an inductive approach to qualitative data analysis. Three enablers of meaningful patient and public involvement were identified: involving patients from the onset of service development; use of technology to facilitate patient involvement in service development; and detailing the patient and public involvement methods used to inform service development. Three limitations on patient involvement in the studies were: dilution of patients' input; lack of follow up with patients; and lack of senior leadership involvement. The findings of this review highlight the complexities of facilitating meaningful involvement of patients with cystic fibrosis in the development of healthcare services.

Korea’s technological achievement in the thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) industry became possible primarily through a catch-up strategy in technological development. Through qualitative and quantitative analyses of the Korean TFT-LCD industry’s knowledge management, the researchers highlight the strategies that key Korean firms utilized to enable a successful technological catch-up. On a national level, patent citation information is analyzed to evaluate the Korean industry’s technological knowledge position compared to other Asian countries. Results from this analysis indicate that Korea plays a central role within the knowledge network, as evidenced by the highest centrality value. On a firm level, Samsung and LG Display are investigated in the areas of technological development and manufacturing strategies. Samsung and LG Display show strength in the technological specialization of devices’ arrangements/optical operation and arrangement/circuits of control indicating devices. In addition, these two firms show more diversification to allow for new business opportunities. By integrating quantitative and qualitative methods to analyze the TFT-LCD industry on national and firm levels, this research demonstrates the industry’s trajectory with depth and precision. In addition, this study contributes a meaningful strengthening of analysis methods in technological knowledge management and provides successful management factors for new latecomers in the industry.

Digital knowledge maps are rich sources of information to track students’ learning. However, making sense of concept maps has been found challenging. Using multiple quantitative and qualitative methods in combination allows triangulating of changes in students’ understanding. This chapter introduces a novel form of concept map, called knowledge integration map (KIM), and uses KIMs as examples for an overview of concept map analysis methods. KIMs are a form of digital knowledge maps. KIMs have been implemented in high school science classrooms to facilitate and assess complex science topics, such as evolution. KIM analysis aims to triangulate changes in learners’ conceptual understanding through a multi-level analysis strategy, combining quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Quantitative analysis included overall, selected, and weighted propositional analysis using a knowledge integration rubric and network analysis describing changes in network density and prominence of selected concepts. Research suggests that scoring only selected propositions can be more sensitive to measuring conceptual change because it focuses on key concepts of the map. Qualitative analysis of KIMs included topographical analysis methods to describe the overall geometric structure of the map and qualitative analysis of link types. This chapter suggests that a combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis methods can capture different aspects of KIMs and can provide a rich description of changes in students’ understanding of complex topics.

This empirical study compares the impact of knowledge structures on relational patterns in markets for emergent technology and in a mass market within the electronics industry. We hypothesized that in markets for emergent technologies, sellers and buyers do not have a common image of product use, and to reach it they must communicate contextual knowledge rooted in engineering practice. Furthermore, insofar as knowledge is contextual (as opposed to articulated in a mass market), sellers’ and buyers’ experts must engage in an intense technological dialogue. These hypotheses were tested by a key-parametric qualitative field study and quantitative network analysis. Communication activity was found more intense in the seller-buyer network in the emergent technology market than in the mass market. The seller-buyer network of emergent technology was also more hierarchical, with technical experts located at the center of the technological dialogue regarding product application. Shared practice and co-development proved to be dominant forms of work organization in the market for emergent technologies. By contrast, sequential development epitomized the activities in the seller-buyer network of the standard product. Implications for network theory, economic sociology, and organization studies are discussed.

Objective: Investment in the development of tourism in an area needs a policy that has an impact on business actors. Tourism is a necessity for entertainment. It has the potential for the economy of local communities and becomes regional income. Theoretical Framework: The theories in this article include Graham's theory of investment, which emphasizes long-term investment and diversification. Investment objectives, economic impact on local communities, and the environment. Method: Mixed methods with MAXQDA tools were used in this study. The research location is Metro City, Lampung Province, Indonesia, with a literature review of reputable publications, a survey of 21 tourist destinations, and a questionnaire of 399 respondents. Quantitative and qualitative data collection and analysis were integrated and then described. Results and Discussion: The results showed that 21 tourist destinations in Metro City were active and still developing at 66.7%, while tourist destinations that were inactive or not developing were 33.3%. Destinations that still exist and develop are 14 tourist destinations while 7 destinations are damaged and no longer developing. In addition, UMKM for the community has the opportunity to increase community income. Research Implications: Tourism and investment as a factor that contributes to the region with government policies due to knowledge, managerial skills, marketing strategies, and distribution and production networks that benefit the local economy. Originality/Value: This research contributes to the literature with the hats of investment, tourism, society, and local government policy. The relevance of this study is that the condition of Metro City tourism development is low, and investment innovation in the tourism sector is needed.