In today’s business landscape the creation of sustainable value and wealth appears more and more related to the capacity of shaping smart organizations and communities. Increasingly the concept of ‘smart growth’ is becoming a key issue in the strategic agenda of both business organizations and public authorities. Creating and evolving towards smart, sustainable and inclusive organizations and communities emerge as a key-lever to activate and support development paths in the 21st century. This is the focus of the European Union’s Europe 2020 strategy and US Smart Growth America programme.

The aim of the 8th IFKAD was to explore the relevance of the knowledge and intellectual capital management for supporting business organizations as well as regional and urban systems to evolve and become smarter.

The 8th IFKAD 2013 was organized by the Institute of Knowledge Asset Management, University of Basilicata, University of Zagreb and Arts for Business Institute. The event was held on 12-14 June 2013 in Zagreb, Croatia.

Firstly, the IFKAD-2013 encourages especially contributions exploring the key theme of the conference and in particular the following perspectives:

• Smart growth for 21st century organizations: characteristics and applications
• Relationships between knowledge assets and smart organizational configurations
• Knowledge-perspective of smart organizations and communities
• Knowledge management strategy for smart organizations and communities
• Knowledge and innovation capacity for smart organizations and communities
• Knowledge resources for smart R&D
• Customer-supplier relationships changing for smarter value chains
• Planning smarter regions and cities
• Intelligent regions and cities
• Knowledge value drivers and smart mobility
• Knowledge value drivers and smart health
• Human capital and smart education
• Knowledge and social innovation models for communities development
• ICT solutions for smart government
• Linking knowledge assets to smart culture and tourism
• Knowledge management applications and tools for renewable energy and smart grid
• Performance measurement of smart organizations and communities
• Arts-based initiatives for shaping smart organizations and communities

Secondly, the IFKAD-2013, in collaboration with other institutions, encouraged contributions for following special tracks:

• Knowledge assets, knowledge sharing and intermediate organizations (clusters, industrial associations, etc.) in the creative sectors
• Entrepreneurial firms and location economies in an international context: An intangibles approach to growth and innovativeness
• Linking knowledge management and entrepreneurship
• Prospects for Smart Growth in Developing Countries’ Organizations, Cities and Communities
• Knowledge Networks: management and policy-making
• Knowledge management research and practices for the development of smart communities
• Reinventing Management: Smart Organisations through Social Innovation

Knowledge Assets, Knowledge Sharing and Intermediate Organizations (Clusters, Industrial Associations, etc.) in the Creative Sectors
Organized by:
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay (Teluq-University of Quebec, Canada)
Amina Yagoubi (ARUC-GATS, UQAM, Canada)

Entrepreneurial Firms and Location Economies in an International Context: An Intangibles Approach to Growth and Innovativeness
Organized by:
Susanne Durst (Institute for Entrepreneurship, University of Liechtenstein)
Miguel González-Loureiro (University of Vigo, Spain)

Linking Knowledge Management and Entrepreneurship
Organized by:
Susanne Durst (Institute for Entrepreneurship, University of Liechtenstein)
Ingi Runar Edvardsson (School of Business, University of Iceland)

Prospects for Smart Growth in Developing Countries’ Organizations, Cities and Communities
Organized by:
Umar G. Benna (University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia)
Ismail Abubakar (Florida State University, USA)
Talal N. Al-Harigi (Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia)

Knowledge Networks: Management and Policy-Making
Organized by:
Enrico Scarso (University of Padua, Italy)
Ettore Bolisani (University of Padua, Italy)

Knowledge Management Research and Practices for the Development of Smart Communities
Organized by:
Riccardo Mercurio (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)
Stefano Consiglio (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)
Marcello Martinez (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)
Gianluigi Mangia (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)

Reinventing Management: Smart Organisations through Social Innovation
Organized by:
Mariano Corso (Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy)
Antonella Martini (University of Pisa, Italy)
Emanuele Lettieri (Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy)
Luca Gastaldi (Polytechnic University of Milan, Italy)

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