The Author: Tobias Müller-Prothmann studied sociology and political economics at the University of Heidelberg. From 2000 to 2005, he was a research associate at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies at the Free University of Berlin. He also worked as a freelance project manager, consultant, journalist, and as a lecturer at the Institute of Electronic Business, Berlin University of the Arts. In 2005, he obtained his Dr. phil. and joined a think tank as head of department for economic growth and innovation.

• Contents: Perceptions of Knowledge, Knowledge Society and Knowledge Management – Communities and Social Networks in Organizational Knowledge Communication – Theoretical and Empirical Relevance of Social Networks and the Generation of Innovations – Methods and Applications of Social Network Analysis as a Knowledge Management Tool – Inter-organizational Knowledge Community Building – Expert Identification and Knowledge Transfer – Entrepreneurial Networking.

The Author: Tobias Müller-Prothmann studied sociology and political economics at the University of Heidelberg. From 2000 to 2005, he was a research associate at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies at the Free University of Berlin. He also worked as a freelance project manager, consultant, journalist, and as a lecturer at the Institute of Electronic Business, Berlin University of the Arts. In 2005, he obtained his Dr. phil. and joined a think tank as head of department for economic growth and innovation.

• Contents: Perceptions of Knowledge, Knowledge Society and Knowledge Management – Communities and Social Networks in Organizational Knowledge Communication – Theoretical and Empirical Relevance of Social Networks and the Generation of Innovations – Methods and Applications of Social Network Analysis as a Knowledge Management Tool – Inter-organizational Knowledge Community Building – Expert Identification and Knowledge Transfer – Entrepreneurial Networking.

The Author: Tobias Müller-Prothmann studied sociology and political economics at the University of Heidelberg. From 2000 to 2005, he was a research associate at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies at the Free University of Berlin. He also worked as a freelance project manager, consultant, journalist, and as a lecturer at the Institute of Electronic Business, Berlin University of the Arts. In 2005, he obtained his Dr. phil. and joined a think tank as head of department for economic growth and innovation.

• Contents: Perceptions of Knowledge, Knowledge Society and Knowledge Management – Communities and Social Networks in Organizational Knowledge Communication – Theoretical and Empirical Relevance of Social Networks and the Generation of Innovations – Methods and Applications of Social Network Analysis as a Knowledge Management Tool – Inter-organizational Knowledge Community Building – Expert Identification and Knowledge Transfer – Entrepreneurial Networking.