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WSKS 2009: Best Practices for the Knowledge Society. Knowledge, Learning, Development and Technology for All pp 258–267Cite as

Applying IT Governance Concepts and Elements to Knowledge Governance: An Initial Approach

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As the era of knowledge-based economy is emerging, the importance of knowledge governance is gradually increasing. The question of how the governance mechanisms influence on the knowledge transactions is becoming increasingly relevant. However, the theoretical approaches have yet to solve outstanding issues, such as how the the micro-level governance mechanisms influence the knowledge processes or what kind of organizational hazard could decrease the benefits form the knowledge processes. Furthermore, the deployment of empirical studies to address the issues mentioned is arguably needed. This paper proposes a knowledge governance framework to assist effectively in the implementation of governance mechanisms for knowledge management processes. Additionally, it shows how this may be implented in a knowledge-intensive firm and proposes specific structures and governance mechanisms.

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  1. Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Campus de Madrid, Pso. Juan XIII, 3, 28040, Madrid, Spain

    Juan Ignacio Rouyet & Luis Joyanes

  2. Quint Wellington Redwood, Alfonso XII, 38, 28014, Madrid, Spain

    Juan Ignacio Rouyet

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  1. Open Research Society, Gerakas Attikis, NGO, Greece

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  2. University of Ovieto, Spain

    Patricia Ordonez de Pablos

  3. Department of Information Technology, University of Milan, via Bramante, 65 - 26013, Crema (CR), Italy

    Ernesto Damiani

  4. ESSEC Business School, Cergy Pontoise Cedex, France

    David Avison

  5. KMR group at NADA/KTH (Royal Institute of Technology), Lindstedtsv. 5, P.O. Box, 100 44, Stockholm, Sweden

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  6. The American College of Greece, Greece

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Rouyet, J.I., Joyanes, L. (2009). Applying IT Governance Concepts and Elements to Knowledge Governance: An Initial Approach. In: Lytras, M.D., Ordonez de Pablos, P., Damiani, E., Avison, D., Naeve, A., Horner, D.G. (eds) Best Practices for the Knowledge Society. Knowledge, Learning, Development and Technology for All. WSKS 2009. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 49. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04757-2_28

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