Perspectives on knowledge management models

The purpose of this paper is to present the way some widely used knowledgemanagement models are structured. We will describe the most importantcharacteristics of each model, with our comments about its usefulness inthe economical environment. The models we chose to analyze are as follow:von Krogh and Roos, Nonaka/Takeuchi, Wiig, Boisot and Bennet. We willdiscuss about main factors involved, about types of knowledge and elementswhich forms it and of course about advantages and disadvantages of thesemodels. The paper will end with a general conclusion, which will largelysynthesize our conclusions about each knowledge model