Table 12. Summary of five papers on KC in IT projects for digital innovation.

Author	Theory used	Respondent group	Key findings
KC in IT Project for Digital Innovation (2 papers)
21 Ordieres-Meré et al. (2020)	Organization sustainability theory	Organization workers	Industry4.0 has a close relationship with the three elements of sustainability: economic, environmental and social sustainability. A relationships exists between knowledge creation and sustainability via Industry4.0 as the primary driver.
22 Van den Berg (2019)	Teaching Innovation	Universities	Digital innovation skills including ‘meta-knowledge’ which refers to the information required to drive creativity, innovative, problem-solving, critically, communication, and collaboration.
23 Park et al. (2015)	Knowledge creation process philosophy	Firms employees	A case study shows that the idea centre continues to evolve and members of production teams produce knowledge as a result of their activities and interactions.
24 Kyakulumbye, Pather & Jantjies (2019)	Personal constructs theory, Situation awareness theory	Universities	User friendliness and relevance are critical knowledge structures for system assessment. System performance and interface attractiveness promote ease of use.
25 Shimamoto (2011)			Japanese chemical companies’ R&D strategy changed from commercialization to diversification, and then transformed to specialized strategy.