DIKEDOC (DIspersed KnowledgE: Describe, Organise, Communicate) is the acronym of a knowledge-based methodology that is applied to a confused set of knowledge pieces, from different sources, that risk vanishing, in order to pass from this state of dispersed knowledge to a dynamic synthesis, which is then translated into analytical models. The stimulus of this methodological […]
A two-way dialogue between universities and public and private organisations, in the context of stable relationships and collaboration, enhances their processes and orients research and education programs. Different mechanisms can be used to create and exchange knowledge but in practice some of them are not always feasible. For this reason, some specific approaches were implemented […]
An Italian company, which some years ago activated an Information Technology (IT) innovation process, has had to manage several requests pertaining to the founding of new IT projects or of introducing procedure improvements. After some years, the office in charge of this work activated an in-depth study of the procedure and its results to maximise […]
Conducting research with children, who have different abilities from adults, in terms of language understanding and level of attention, is a challenging task, especially concerning novel interactive systems such as social robots. Consequently, self-reporting methods are often replaced or supplemented by observational methods that are usually carried out taking advantage of video recordings. However, some […]
Purpose – Knowledge, innovation and creativity are the fundamental drivers for an entrepreneur to improve business performance. Often the proposed analyses focus on the economic performance of a company that is considered a stand-alone entity and not an organization correlated with the macroeconomic system. The purpose of this paper is to provide to the entrepreneurs, […]