Since the early 1990s, the importance of knowledge management in creating competitive advantage for organisations has been recognised worldwide. It has been adopted in both public and private sectors, in companies and organisations and in government departments, for the purpose of codifying information and knowledge, for the processing of knowledge, for the reporting and management of Intellectual Capital (IC), and also for stimulating innovation and learning capability. Knowledge management has now become an interdisciplinary and complex area of study integrating technology-centred and human-centred approaches from the perspective of systems science. The 3rd Asia-Pacific Conference on Knowledge Management was held in Hong Kong from 11 to 13 December 2006, and attracted more than 700 delegates from more than 30 countries. The event has been the largest of its kind in the region so far. This conference brought together renowned speakers from all over the world who covered almost the complete spectrum of knowledge management, from the management of intangible assets, knowledge discovery through data mining and taxonomy, to collaborative issues in knowledge and innovation management. It provided a good opportunity for both practitioners and researchers to update their knowledge of the latest developments in this field.
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