Development, Deployment and Utilization of Intangible Assets through Knowledge Management

Abstract

Knowledge management has recently emerged as a strong, interdisciplinary topic area of research, currently drawing a lot of attention both among practitioners and scholars. The fundamental core of knowledge management is the development and astute deployment and utilization of intangible assets, of which knowledge, competence, and intellectual property are the most significant. At present, knowledge management is considered to be one of the most strategically important fields that can be seen to combine all traditional organizational functions, such as production, marketing, management and accounting. The management of information and knowledge, and also related to this, the assertion of organizational learning, are absolute key questions in strategy work.