Publication Authors: Michal Krčál

Michal Krčál, Sayyed Shoaib-Ul-Hasan, Farazee Mohammad Abdullah Asif, Mikhail Monashev

The transition from linear to circular manufacturing systems (CMS) is essential for manufacturing firms aiming to enhance sustainability and mitigate resource depletion. Despite clear environmental and economic benefits, the adoption of circular economy (CE) principles within the manufacturing sector remains limited, largely due to significant technological, operational, and organisational barriers. This study addresses these issues […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2025: Knowledge Futures: AI, Technology, and the New Business Paradigm
1177-1183
Michal Krčál, Mikhail Monashev, Ahad Zareravasan

Well-conducted requirements engineering (RE) activities account for a significant share of success in IT projects (Wiegers and Beatty, 2013). The RE process starts with identifying business objectives that define a context for eliciting business requirements. Because RE is considered a social interaction (Serna et al., 2017), a share of knowledge about business requirements is stored […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2023 – Managing Knowledge for Sustainability
2364-2378
Mikhail Monashev, Michal Krčál

The increased knowledge intensification of work directed the business process management (BPM) research from ‘traditional’ routine and repetitive business processes to knowledge-intensive business processes (kiBPs). No agreement on universal “kiBPs” definition or conceptualization has been reached, and we have found no attempts to systemize kiBPs research. Therefore, we conducted a structured literature review (SLR) to […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2022 – Knowledge Drivers for Resilience and Transformation
574-592
Lenka Dobešová, David Janků, Michal Krčál, Ahad Zareravasan

Knowledge plays a crucial role in enhancing the quality of information system (IS) investment decisions. This study aims to explain which and how knowledge-related factors contribute to strategic alignment in IS investment decision-making. We conducted a narrative literature review of 32 papers and applied image theory to develop a conceptual model. Our results show that […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2021 – Managing Knowledge in Uncertain Times
497-522
Mikhail Monashev, Michal Krčál

Although many authors (e.g., Seethamraju & Marjanovic, 2009; Antonucci, 2015; Kokkonen & Bandara, 2015; Antunes & Tate, 2019) recognize a vital role of knowledge in BPM, only a few articles study KM and BPM together. Due to the lack of attention to the topic in the existing literature, defining the scope of possible intersections between […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2021 – Managing Knowledge in Uncertain Times
337-356
Ahad Zareravasan, Michal Krčál, Amir Ashrafi

Blockchain (BLK) is believed to have the potential to disrupt traditional business models through inherent features such as distributed, decentralized, peer to peer, and security-by-design. However, the academic community mostly dedicated its BLK research to financial and more recent supply chain disciplines, overlooking BLK implications in other domains. This research aims to fill the research […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2020 – Knowledge in Digital Age
544-555
Michal Krčál

Although some researchers tried to differentiate the term knowledge ecosystem (KE) from other types of the ecosystem (such as business, innovation) the exact meaning and definition of the term remains still blurred. The indefiniteness of KE is caused partially by the fact that not much research that would specifically mention KE has been published. In […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2019 – Knowledge Ecosystems and Growth
886-893
Michal Krčál

Although the number of gathering methods and volume of data and information from customers grow, it seems that companies are mostly measuring customer satisfaction (e.g. Fernández-González and Prado Prado, 2007) or gathering customer complaints (e.g. Yilmaz et al., 2016). Companies can unlock the full value of information from customers by using Customer Knowledge Management (CKM) […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2018 – Societal Impact of Knowledge and Design
873-880
Michal Krčál

Although intangible benefits of information systems (IS) can seriously contribute to organizational success (Remenyi et al., 2007), their poor assessment can falsely dismiss IS as uneconomic (Kim et al., 2010; Marsh and Flanagan, 2000). Despite rich research in the field of IS justification (see Schryen, 2013), it seems that this effort yields insufficient outcomes. Organizations […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2016 – Towards a New Architecture of Knowledge: Big Data, Culture and Creativity
84-94
Michal Krčál

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to report findings from an exploratory quantitative survey concerning the relationship between knowledge management (KM) and ICT support of reverse logistics (RL) processes. This study focuses on which processes of RL are supported by ICT, in what extent are the processes supported, and what role KM plays […]

IN: Proceedings IFKAD 2015 – Culture, Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Connecting the Knowledge Dots
1953-1963