The 12th edition of the International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics (IFKAD – 2017) addressed three key topics of knowledge management in the 21st century: resilience, creativity and co-creation. A key theme in economic and management research is explaining the strategic relevance of knowledge for firm competitiveness and how to turn knowledge into organizational value outcomes. Despite many advances in our understanding of how knowledge-based drivers contribute to organizational value creation and local development, there are fundamental issues to be addressed concerning the role of knowledge management in order to face the challenges of 21st century business landscape.
The purpose of IFKAD 2017 was to explore the role and the relevance of new sources, dimensions and characteristics of knowledge supporting organizations as well as regional and urban systems in their value creation dynamics, addressing particularly three key topics leading to the understanding and management of knowledge in the 21st century: resilience, creativity and co-creation. They increasingly represent fundamental features to cope with the increasing complexity and turbulence of today’s business landscape.
The 12th International Forum on Knowledge Assets Dynamics brought together academicians, young researchers, practitioners and policy makers from different fields to provide an opportunity for presenting, debating and reflecting on original approaches, models and tools regarding the position of knowledge management in the 21st century from a wide range of perspectives – i.e. economic, social, environmental and cultural perspectives.

• Knowledge management for 21st century organizations: characteristics, approaches and frameworks;
• Knowledge value drivers and knowledge management processes: new theories and practices;
• Knowledge management strategy for sustainable and inclusive growth of organizations and communities;
• Knowledge management and innovation capacity;
• Knowledge management and business model innovation;
• Models, approaches, methods and tools to support creation, sharing, and exploitation of knowledge for sustainable value creation dynamics;
• Knowledge management systems, ICT and digitalization;
• Inter-organizational knowledge dynamics;
• Knowledge management for entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship and incubation;
• Intellectual Capital Management: new evidences and applications;
• Organizational learning;
• Human resources management, collective intelligence and organizational design;
• Knowledge, co-creation and organizational value: theories and practices;
• Resilience and creativity for knowledge workers;
• Arts-based management approaches and tools for knowledge management and organizational development;
• Design thinking methods for innovation and knowledge creation and visualization;
• Knowledge management and Intellectual Capital-based models for the sustainable and inclusive development of regions and cities;
• Mechanisms of influence and characteristics of transnational learning on public policies;
• Knowledge management and social innovation;
• Knowledge management in education
• Creative decisions in information management
• Innovations in knowledge management

Organizational learning for the common good: an emerging approach to sustainability and resilience
Organized by:
Valter Cantino | University of Turin, Italy
Cecilia Rossignoli | University of Verona, Italy
Francesca Ricciardi | University of Verona, Italy

Knowledge Management and Innovation in Creative Sectors and Ecosystems: Collaborations and Co-Creation
Organized by:
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay| University of Québec – Téluq, Canada
Amina Yagoubi| University of Québec – Téluq, Canada

Resilient SMEs in turbulent times -Implications for Knowledge management and organizational learning
Organized by:
Klaus North | Wiesbaden Business School, Germany
Susanne Durst | University of Skövde, Sweden
Isabel Ramos | University of Minho, Portugal
Gregorio Varvakis | Federal University of Santa Caterina, Brazil
Stefan Güldenberg | University of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein

Women in management and organisation: Leadership, Resilience, Creativity and Co-Creation
Organized by:
Paola Paoloni | Niccolò Cusano University, Italy
Paola Demartini | Roma Tre University, Italy

Intellectual Capital and Intangible Assets in Universities and Research Organisations: Moving Toward the Fourth Stage of IC Research
Organized by:
Rosa Lombardi | Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
John Dumay | Macquarie University, Australia
Giustina Secundo | University of Salento, Italy
Domenico Celenza | Parthenope University of Naples, Italy

Dynamics in Strategic Knowledge Management (SKM)
Organized by:
Krishna Venkitachalam | Stockholm University, Sweden
John Powell | University of Exeter, United Kingdom

Managing knowledge in inter-organizational contexts
Organized by:
Lara Agostini | University of Padua, Italy
Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli | Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy
Anna Nosella | University of Padua, Italy

Logistics knowledge management: state of the art and future perspectives
Organized by:
Susanne Durst | University of Skövde, Sweden
Pietro Evangelista, Italy

Knowledge integration and co-creation value
Organized by:
Ernesto De Nito| University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy
Maria Colurcio | University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy

Knowledge management for value co-creation
Organized by:
Barbara Aquilani | University of Tuscia, Italy
Tindara Abbate | University of Messina, Italy
Anna Paola Codini | University of Brescia, Italy

Knowledge management in team dynamics: Key issues and challenges for knowledge intensive organizations
Organized by:
Francesco Paolo Appio | Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci, France
Lorenzo Ardito | Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy
Angelo Natalicchio | Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy
Tommaso Savino | Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy
Francesco Schiavone | Parthenope University of Naples, Italy

Tools and applications supporting co-creation in knowledge work
Organized by:
Jussi Okkonen | University of Tampere, Finland
Vilma Vuori | Tampere University of Technology, Finland

Resilience and creativity of knowledge workers: Role of wellbeing and happiness in influencing creativity
Organized by:
Ashish Malik | Newcastle Business School, Australia
Vidya S. Athota | University of Notre Dame, Australia

Empowering data for value co-creation
Organized by:
Heli Aramo-Immonen | Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Nina Helander | Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Jari Jussila | Tampere University of Technology, Finland

Encouraging social entrepreneurship in a changing world
Organized by:
Angelo Bonfanti | University of Verona, Italy
Rossella Canestrino | Parthenope University of Naples, Italy
Tomasz Kafel | Cracow University of Economics, Poland
Pierpaolo Magliocca | University of Foggia, Italy
Cristina Simone | Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Big data in the arts and humanities: challenges, trends and opportunities
Organized by:
Daniela Carlucci | University of Basilicata, Italy
Giovanni Schiuma | University of Basilicata, Italy

KM in the public sector
Organized by:
Maurizio Massaro | University of Udine, Italy
John Dumay | Macquarie University, Australia
Andrea Garlatti | University of Udine, Italy

Knowledge management and innovation capacity
Organized by:
Arkadiy Vladimirovich Trachuk | Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Russia
Natalia Vyacheslavovna Linder | Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Russia

Creativity, Innovation and Knowledge Management
Organized by:
Daniel Jiménez Jiménez | Universidad de Murcia, Spain
Juan-Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro | Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain
Gabriel Cepeda Carrión | Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

Domain Specifics of Knowledge Management
Organized by:
Tatiana Gavrilova | GSOM St. Petersburg State University, Russia
Dmitry Kudryavtsev | GSOM St. Petersburg State University, Russia
Anna Menshikova | GSOM St. Petersburg State University, Russia

Knowledge Aspects of Big Data and Information Management
Organized by:
Sergey Belov | IBM East Europe/Asia Ltd, Russia
Tatiana Gavrilova | GSOM St. Petersburg State University, Russia
Anna Menshikova | GSOM St. Petersburg State University, Russia

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