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Enablers of Sustainable Knowledge Management in Higher Education Institutions: A Case from Turkey

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Circular Business Management in Sustainability (ISCMEE 2022)

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Abstract

The amount of information that emerges with the rapidly developing technology is increasing daily, revealing the need for knowledge management. Knowledge management updates the ever-increasing information capacity in organizations, makes the information available, defines the processes necessary to reach the required information, and enables the knowledge needed to be shared. Especially in higher education institutions, sustainable knowledge management is essential for developing a long-term sustainable culture. Therefore, this study aims to determine the enablers of sustainable knowledge management in higher education institutions. As a result, fostering sustainable learning is determined as the best criterion for the case of higher education institutors.

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Abbreviations

BWM:

Best worst method

HEIs:

Higher education institutions

KM:

Knowledge management

SDG:

Sustainable development goal

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  1. Logistics Management Department, Yasar University, 35100, Izmir, Turkey

    Melisa Ozbiltekin-Pala, Yesim Deniz Ozkan-Ozen & Yigit Kazancoglu

  2. Business Administration Department, Yasar University, 35100, Izmir, Turkey

    Muruvvet Deniz Sezer

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  1. Izmail State University of Humanities, Izmail, Ukraine

    Viktor Koval

  2. Department of Logistics Management, Yaşar University, İzmir, Turkey

    Yigit Kazancoglu

  3. Institute for Research in Circular Economy and Environment “Ernest Lupan”, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Elena-Simina Lakatos

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Ozbiltekin-Pala, M., Sezer, M.D., Ozkan-Ozen, Y.D., Kazancoglu, Y. (2023). Enablers of Sustainable Knowledge Management in Higher Education Institutions: A Case from Turkey. In: Koval, V., Kazancoglu, Y., Lakatos, ES. (eds) Circular Business Management in Sustainability. ISCMEE 2022. Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23463-7_13

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