Minitrack Introduction Knowledge and Innovation Management in the Age of Complexity

Abstract

Knowledge and innovation are inextricably linked. As the global economic environment continues to generate profound challenges through ever-increasing complexity, knowledge and innovation management (KIM) becomes fundamental to creating competitive advantage in a wide range of environments. This minitrack explores the role of KIM in the following ways: (1) the manner in which inflows and outflows of knowledge have expanded to accelerate internal innovation and expand the markets for external use of innovation, and (2) how KIM is used to support organizational agility, ambidexterity, knowledge sharing and collaboration to support innovation. The focus of this minitrack supports alternative ap..