Category «Knowledge Management»

Transforming Our Conversation of Information Architecture with Structure

Transforming Our Conversation of Information Architecture with Structure by Nathaniel Davis “Information architecture has been characterized as both an art and a science. Because there’s more evidence of the former than the latter, the academic and research community is justified in hesitating to give the practice of information architecture more attention. If you probe the …

Subjects: Internet, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Uncategorized

Developing an E-Curriculum in Law and Technology

Developing an E-Curriculum: Reflections on the Future of Legal Education and on the Importance of Digital Expertise  – Oliver R. Goodenough, Vermont Law School; Harvard University – Berkman Center for Internet & Society, April 22, 2013 Chicago-Kent Law Review, Summer 2013, Forthcoming Vermont Law School Research Paper 13-13 “Legal practice and legal education are both …

Subjects: Education, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Bank of England – Financial Stability Report, June 2013

Bank of England – Financial Stability Report, June 2013 “For much of the period since the previous Report, prices of risky assets rose and balance sheets across the financial system strengthened. More recently, however, asset prices have fallen and financial markets have been volatile, reflecting shifting expectations of the path of monetary policy in some …

Subjects: Economy, Government Documents, Knowledge Management

WSJ Essay – Who Ruined the Humanities?

Lee Siegel: “The literary classics are a haven for that part of us that broods over mortal bewilderments, over suffering and death and fleeting happiness. They are a refuge for our secret self that wishes to contemplate the precious singularity of our physical world, that seeks out the expression of feelings too prismatic for rational …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Department of Justice Report on Review of News Media Policies

Statement of Attorney General Eric Holder on the Justice Department Report on Revised Media Guidelines: After conducting a rigorous review of internal Justice Department guidelines governing investigations and other law enforcement matters that involve journalists, Attorney General Eric Holder today released a report outlining several key reforms to the department’s protocols, as well as the …

Subjects: E-Government, Free Speech, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management

Paper – Universities’ Role as Knowledge Sources for Product Innovations

Universities’ Role as Knowledge Sources for Product Innovations by Kohei Nishikawa – Setsunan University; Daisuke Kanama – Hokkaido Information University, July 2013 Tokyo Center for Economic Research (TCER) Paper No. E-56 “This study verified innovation objectives for Japanese SMEs’ access to university knowledge the effects of university knowledge on innovation outcomes. The analysis found the …

Subjects: E-Commerce, Economy, Knowledge Management, Marketing

Fastcase 50 for 2013

“2013 was the Year of Reinvention, with innovators gathering at several national conferences pushing the boundaries of the business of law, using software, algorithms, and new pricing models for lawyers as a way to better provide legal services to the middle class. New companies challenged our assumptions about legal research, and established challengers hit their …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Libraries, Marketing

Who Lives in the C-Suite? Organizational Structure and the Division of Labor in Top Management

Who Lives in the C-Suite? Organizational Structure and the Division of Labor in Top Management – Harvard Business School – Maria Guadalupe, Hongyi Li, Julie Wulf. Working Paper 12-059. June 18, 2013. “Top management structures in large US firms have changed significantly since the mid-1980s. While the size of the executive team—the group of managers …

Subjects: Knowledge Management

Controlling Federal Spending by Managing the Long Tail of Procurement

Controlling Federal Spending by Managing the Long Tail of Procurement: David C. Wyld “In this report, Professor Wyld provides the first quantitative analysis of tail spend in the federal government.  In short, tail spend is procurement outlays that are outside of an organization’s core spending and core supplier groups, covering many miscellaneous expenditure categories that …

Subjects: Economy, Government Documents, Knowledge Management