Knowledge Management at the Crossroads

Susanne Durst is a Full Professor of Management at the Department of Business and Economics at Reykjavik University, Iceland, and an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Business Administration at the Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia. Her research interests include knowledge management, risks associated with knowledge/intangibles, innovation management, responsible digitalization, and sustainable business development in the context of small entrepreneurial organizations. She has been conducting several national and international research projects on knowledge management, business transfers of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), marketing, corporate governance, and innovation management. Her work has been recognized through different awards, including an Emerald Literati Award Outstanding Paper in 2023 (Journal of Knowledge Management) and she is considered a subject expert regarding knowledge management in SMEs. She has been teaching knowledge management at different universities since 2015.

Yasmina Khadir is an Assistant Professor of Strategy at the Strategy, Organization and Leadership center at Nyenrode Business University, The Netherlands. She has completed her Ph.D. at Trinity Business School (Ireland) on the topic of the knowledge-based view of the firm. Her research interests include knowledge management with a particular focus on the mechanisms and dynamics of knowledge creation, activity theory and philosophy of sciences.