Corresponding Manager: Maurizio La Rocca (m.larocca@unical.it)
Track Manager(s): Maurizio La Rocca, Valeria Schifilliti, Elvira Tiziana La Rocca, Francesco Fasano, David Cegarra Leiva
Description
Knowledge Management (KM) is a key driver of success in the digital era (Grant, 1996; Newell et al., 2009), fostering innovation and sustainable competitiveness through learning mechanisms and knowledge flows (Nonaka & Toyama, 2003; Atanasova, 2024). Integrated with Artificial Intelligence (AI), KM gains transformative potential: AI tools such as machine learning and intelligent repositories enhance knowledge capture, structuring, and use (Russell & Norvig, 2020; Gama & Magistretti, 2023). The KM–AI combination boosts green innovation, sustainable value creation, and competitiveness (Chuang & Huang, 2018; Yuan et al., 2025). AI also reshapes knowledge governance and learning through predictive analytics and automated workflows (Kaplan & Haenlein, 2019; Davenport, 2018), but raises ethical and governance issues, including responsible data use (Villegas-Roca et al., 2025). Moreover, gender and board diversity influence knowledge flows, decision quality, and innovation (Schifilliti & La Rocca, 2024). Their interaction with AI-driven KM remains underexplored but crucial for inclusive and responsible progress. This track aligns with UN SDGs 5, 9, and 10, promoting gender equality and innovation.
Main topics:
-KM as a driver of innovation, sustainability & competitiveness
-AI’s impact on inclusion & equality
-KM–AI integration for sustainable value creation
-Ethics, governance & responsible AI
-Diversity & innovation in knowledge strategies
-KM and AI in green innovation & startups
Keywords
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Knowledge Management (KM), Innovation Management, Knowledge Diversity, Sustainability, ESG
Key References
– Abdulmuhsin, A. A., Hussein, H. D., AL-Abrrow, H., Masa’deh, R. E., & Alkhwaldi, A. F. (2025). Impact of artificial intelligence and knowledge management on proactive green innovation: the moderating role of trust and sustainability. Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration, 17(3), 765-795.
– Andreeva, T., & Kianto, A. (2012). Does knowledge management really matter? Linking knowledge management practices, competitiveness, and economic performance. Journal of Knowledge Management, 16(4), 617-636.
– Atanasova, I. (2024). Managing distance e-learning knowledge in the digital age. Knowledge Management Research & Practice, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1080/14778238.2024.2418627
– Cegarra-Navarro, J.G., Martínez-Martínez, A., Cegarra-Leiva, D. & Sánchez-Vidal, Mª E. (2025). The effects of green skills and defensive routines on open innovation in textile industry SMEs. Business Process Management Journal, ISSN: 1463-7154.
– Chuang, S. P., & Huang, S. J. (2018). The effect of environmental corporate social responsibility on environmental performance and business competitiveness: The mediation of green information technology capital. Journal of business ethics, 150, 991-1009.
– Davenport, T. H. (2018). The AI advantage: How to put the artificial intelligence revolution to work. MIT Press.
– La Rocca, M., Fasano, F., La Rocca, T., & Neha, N. (2024). Women in CEO duality and firm performance in Europe. Journal of Management and Governance, 28(1), 177-214.
– Gama, F., & Magistretti, S. (2023). Artificial intelligence in innovation management: A review of innovation capabilities and a taxonomy of AI applications. Journal of Product Innovation Management.
– Grant, R. M. (1996). Toward a knowledge-based theory of the firm. Strategic Management Journal, 17(S2), 109-122.
– Haefner, N., Wincent, J., Parida, V., & Gassmann, O. (2021). Artificial intelligence and innovation management: A review, framework, and research agenda. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 162, 120392.
– José Lopes Gomes, R., Ferreira da Silva, L., Rezende da Costa, P., & Gonçalves de Oliveira, P. S. (2024). Digital technologies and knowledge management in project context: a systematic literature review. Knowledge Management Research & Practice, 1–16.
– Kaplan, A., & Haenlein, M. (2019). Siri, Siri in my hand, who’s the fairest in the land? On the interpretations, illustrations, and implications of artificial intelligence. Business Horizons, 62(1), 15-25.
– Newell, S., Robertson, M., Scarbrough, H., & Swan, J. (2009). Managing knowledge work and innovation. Palgrave Macmillan.
– Neiroukh, S., Emeagwali, O. L., & Aljuhmani, H. Y. (2024). Artificial intelligence capability and organizational performance: unraveling the mediating mechanisms of decision-making processes. Management Decision.
– Nonaka, I., & Toyama, R. (2003). The knowledge-creating theory revisited: Knowledge creation as a synthesizing process. Knowledge Management Research & Practice, 1(1), 2-10.
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Research Partnerships and Promotion Channels
Research partnership: University of Messina (Italy), University of Calabria (Italy), University of Cartagena (Spain), Polo PMI Unical (Italy), AGH University of Kracow
Dissemination of the call through academic networks, international conferences and workshops, social media platforms (LinkedIn, Instagram).