kmirc seminar on managing knowledge for small to medium size enterprises

Do you know your knowledge is at risk? –How to sustain success in SMEs?

Date: 24 September 2013 (Tuesday), 7:00-8:00pmVenue: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Fee: HK$200 (regular); FREE for KMIRC Members

Registration:Online Registration: http://kmirc.ise.polyu.edu.hk/events.phpFor enquiries, please contact Miss Autumn LinEmail: qiu.lin@polyu.edu.hk Tel: 3400 3158

Speaker’s ProfileDr. Susanne Durst is a researcher at the School of Technology andSociety at University of Skövde (Sweden) and Assistant Professor ofInternational Management at the Institute for Entrepreneurship ofUniversity of Liechtenstein (Principality of Liechtenstein). Beforejoining academia, she had worked in different positions with privateenterprises in different industries. Her research interests include smallbusiness management, SME succession/transfers, knowledgemanagement, intellectual capital (risk) management and corporategovernance. Her work has received several awards, including theTranseo Academic Award in 2012. She has a PhD from University ofParis XI (France) and holds a Master in Finance from University ofSkövde.

AbstractThe aging workforce will soon lead to massive number of retirements in SMEs that can’tbe compensated for by the smaller number of succeeding individuals. On the other hand,knowledge is viewed as the key resource that needs to be developed and stay competitive.Consequently, SMEs need to find ways to cope with the demographic challenge and itspossible consequences in order to stamp the pending loss to their knowledge repository. Ifthey fail to address this challenge, their knowledge stock is especially vulnerable whencritical staff leaves. This talk by Susanne Durst will address the above challenge and morein detail.

Speaker: Dr. Susanne Durst Assistant Professor, University of LiechtensteinResearcher, School of Technology and Society, University of Skövde (Sweden)