Justification in knowledge creation: dominant logic in management discourses

Current scientific debates as well as management discussions are characterized by an important shift of attention towards knowledge issues as a major source of corporate success. A decade ago, one seldom heard knowledge-orientated terms like ‘implicit knowledge’, ‘dynamic capabilities’ and ‘organizational competences’, ‘intangible assets’ and ‘organizational learning’. Today, a discussion on almost any topic eventually turns into a knowledge issue (Spender and Grant, 1996).