Recent Advances on Integration of Innovation and Knowledge Management
Edited by Brij B. Gupta, Kwok Tai Chui
Last update: July 2022
Innovation and Knowledge are the key fractures for the development of new technologies for society (Okatan, 2012). Innovation is directly related to development and competitiveness, as innovation increases knowledge and encourages researchers to develop new products that can solve the present issues (Hilmersson & Hilmersson, 2021; Taques et al., 2021). Therefore, innovation and knowledge are the backbones of any industry (Lu & Tseng, 2010; Witell et al., 2016). Innovation developed only in the presence of knowledge, only the availability of knowledge can ensure the development of innovation. Therefore, there is an important role of knowledge management in the development of innovation (Gloet & Samson, 2020; Jennex & Durcikova, 2014). Knowledge management deals with the development of methods and techniques for transferring knowledge from source to the knowledge users.
Knowledge is important for any development, and any important item is always on the target of attackers. According to an estimate, the global average cost of a data breach is $ 3.9 million, and the average cost per stolen data in a data breach is about $ 150 (Sobers, 2020). Hence, there is a need for the development of methods that can provide security and protection to the knowledge management process.
The aim of this issue is to provide the integration of innovation and knowledge management practices especially with the latest security and privacy methods (Fraccascia & Yazan, 2018). This issue provides a roadmap for the development of security techniques like blockchain (Aslam et al., 2021), that can efficiently integrate with the knowledge management processes, and help knowledge practitioners and security professionals to understand the latest technology.