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Knowledge Management: (Potential) Future Research Directions

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At the conclusion of this Handbook, it is useful to make some overarching comments regarding potential future research directions for the field of knowledge management. Doing so is always a subjective process, being shaped by the insights, experiences and perceptions of the person undertaking such an analysis. Thus, what is outlined here is not intended to be an objective analysis of likely future trends in the field of knowledge management. Instead, it represents our perceptions of what we regard as important issues and topics that could facilitate the development of the field. The remainder of the chapter is structured around these themes.

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  1. School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK

    Donald Hislop

  2. School of Management and Enterprise, Faculty of Business, Education, Law and the Arts, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia

    Peter A. Murray & Anup Shrestha

  3. Suleman Dawood School of Business, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

    Jawad Syed

  4. Muscat University, Muscat, Oman

    Yusra Mouzughi

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Hislop, D., Murray, P.A., Shrestha, A., Syed, J., Mouzughi, Y. (2018). Knowledge Management: (Potential) Future Research Directions. In: Syed, J., Murray, P., Hislop, D., Mouzughi, Y. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Knowledge Management. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71434-9_28

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