Word from the Guest Editors: Knowledge management put to the test the new “objects” of 21st-century management

After Work, Aigo Café, Big Data, Blockchain, Blue Economy, Club Open Innovation, Coaching, Creative Community, Epistemic Community, Community of Practice, Innovation Community, Community of Interest, Virtual Communities, Citizens’ Climate Convention, Deep Learning, Design Thinking, Digitalization, Hybrid Forum, Collaborative Economy, Circular Economy, Liberated Enterprise, Co-Working Space, Management of the Commons, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Co-Development Group, Hackathon, Hackerspaces/Makerspaces, C/K Model, Jugaad Innovation, Internet of Things, Learning Expedition, Living Lab, Fab-Lab, Middle Ground, Local Currency, Open Lab, Open Source, Cognitive Platform, Enterprise Social Network, Empowerment, KM Service, Smart City, Ecological Third Places, Wiki... Additionally, the exponential growth in digital technology usage is driving profound transformations with long-term effects that are challenging to predict. [...]new organizational philosophies are emerging, sowing the seeds for fundamental changes. Journal of Knowledge Management, Journal of Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management Research and Practice, The Learning Organization (2017, Serenkos, Bontis). [...]to determine the extent to which the knowledge economy paradigm and/or the field of knowledge management constitute relevant theoretical frameworks for understanding these new “objects”: practices, tools, devices, philosophies.