Link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-07329-7#toc
The Institute for Digital Transformation and Innovation of the BSP Business and Law School proudly announces the publication of the Springer volume Digital Transformation in Knowledge Transfer – Shaping the Future. The book brings together international scholars and practitioners from all over the world to explore how Artificial Intelligence, immersive technologies, and ecosystem thinking are reshaping knowledge transfer in business and education.
The volume opens with Lothar Bildat and Tim Brouns, who critically examine AI literacy in Human Resource Management in “Selected or Rejected by Bots? Musings on AI Literacy in Human Resource Management, Upskilling of HR Experts, and a Call for Applied Research.”
Practical transformation processes are explored by Adrian Thiessen and Michael Müller in their case study on IT-supported knowledge transfer in fast-growing SMEs. A holistic framework for integrating competence development and knowledge management is presented by Markus Will, Katrin Singer-Coudoux, Maria Kretschmer, Ronald Orth, and Henry Nicolai Buxmann, while Anne-Liese Lammich investigates immersive technologies and collaborative XR-based work environments. The application of Virtual Reality in industrial training is demonstrated by Wagner Aparecido de Oliveira, Saul Emanuel Delabrida Silva, Davi da Silva, and Adrielle de Carvalho Santana through a VR tool for ship mooring winch inspection training. Knowledge management in SMEs is further examined by Ninette Florschütz, and ecosystem thinking through co-creation is analysed by Heidi Vähänikkilä. Patrick Montenegro Costa and Andreas Braun propose a systematic approach to integrating Artificial Intelligence into innovation processes.
In the higher education context, Kristina Bodrožić-Brnić evaluates AI readiness among lecturers, while Susan Hinterding and Sünje Lorenzen reflect on the evolving concept of knowledge in the age of AI and ChatGPT. Philosophical and critical perspectives are contributed by Johanna Hodde, who examines ChatGPT through Plato’s allegory of the cave and the fairy tale of Rumpelstiltskin. Innovative learning designs are presented by Jennifer Fritz, who explores ChatGPT-based learning games to enhance motivation, and by Markus Langenfurth and Rainer Zeichhardt, who introduce the Three Learning Spaces Model for universities. Digital literacy in social media contexts is analysed by Stefania Fachina, Caroindes Julia Corrêa Gomes, Evelyn Araripe, and Vânia Gomes Zuin Zeidler.
Collaboration between education and business is addressed by Miia-Maija Vakkuri, while Simon Wetzel and Matthias Hemmje outline a software platform supporting qualification-based learning.
Together, these contributions offer theoretical insights and practical strategies for building resilient, adaptive, and ethically reflective digital knowledge ecosystems. The volume serves as a valuable resource for business leaders, educators, researchers, and policymakers navigating the complexities of digital transformation.
Editors: Kristina Bodrožić-Brnić, Prof. Dr. Thomas Thiessen, Prof. Dr. Volker Schulte
Publication Management: Dr. Caroline Menezes