The IFKAD-KCWS 2012 joint conference aims to integrate two distinctive but at the same time highly overlapping perspectives – micro and macro – on knowledge-based development at the firm, organisation and city levels. This international conference encourages discussions on three critical dimensions of the development of 21st century – knowledge, innovation and sustainability. These three essential dimensions of knowledge-based development increasingly represent critical factors affecting the value creation capacity of organisational systems of both firms and organisations (at micro level) and cities (at macro level). Therefore, to prosper in the new complex and competitive business age of the global knowledge economy era firms, organisations and cities need to answer the following three critical questions that this joint conference aims to address:
How critical knowledge assets and knowledge-based development principles and frameworks significantly affect value creation mechanisms and development of firms, organisations and cities;
How to embed creativity and innovation in the planning, development and management processes of firms, organisations and cities to become more competitive in the era of global knowledge economy, and;
How to shape knowledge-based and sustainable firm, organisation and city development models to achieve economic prosperity, environmental sustainability, equitable socio-spatial order and good governance
Theoretical, empirical and practitioner papers are invited addressing research topics as follows:
Intellectual capital in the service economy;
Strategic performance management and intellectual capital;
Measuring and managing knowledge and intellectual capital;
Business models for intellectual capital;
Information systems for intellectual capital and knowledge management;
Knowledge-based economy and value generation;
Knowledge, emotions and aesthetic dimensions affecting organisational behaviour;
Knowledge cities, regions, nations and societies;
Knowledge-based urban development;
Knowledge cluster, enterprise and organisations;
Creative class of knowledge workers;
Creativity, innovation, technology and learning communities;
Sustainable urban development, climate change and quality of life;
Financial aspects of intangibles and intellectual capital
Video: BLU Lesson 5: How I discovered blogging by David Gurteen
One of six BLU lessons on how I discovered blogging and its applicability to knowledge management by David Gurteen.
In April 2005, BLU, the UK's Business Link University which no longer exists hired Fifty Lessons to produce a series of video stories for them to which I (David Gurteen) was invited to contribute. This is one of those stories.
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