The Evolution of Business Knowledge.
Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (390 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780191552007Subject(s): Information technology -- Management | Knowledge management | Management information systemsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Evolution of Business KnowledgeDDC classification: 658.4038 LOC classification: HD30.2.E946 2008Online resources: Click to ViewIntro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- Part I. Management and Organizational Knowledge -- 2. The Evolution of Business Knowledge in Smaller Firms -- 3. Executive Directors' Knowledge -- 4. Organizational Learning and Dynamic Capabilities -- 5. What Knowledge or Knowledge for What? Reforming/Reinventing the Business School -- Part II. Innovation and Design Processes -- 6. Knowledge Brokering in High-Tech Start-Ups -- 7. Knowledge Integration and Resource Selection in the UK Film Industry -- 8. The Evolution of Biomedical Knowledge: Interactive Innovation in the United Kingdom and United States -- 9. Managing Knowledge Representation in Design -- 10. Evaluation Practices in the Commercialization of Early Stage Technology: The Role of Trust -- Part III. Inter-Organizational Relationships -- 11. Rethinking the Role of Management Consultants as Disseminators of Business Knowledge: Knowledge Flows, Directions, and Conditions in Consulting Projects -- 12. Antagonism, Knowledge, and Innovation: Organizations and Corporate Social Responsibility -- 13. Screenworlds: Information Technology and the Performance of Business Knowledge -- Part IV. Making Knowledge an Asset -- 14. Intellectual Property Activity by Service Sector and Manufacturing Firms in the United Kingdom, 1996-2000 -- 15. Facilitating Innovation through the Measurement and Management of Intangibles -- 16. The Uses of History as Corporate Knowledge -- 17. Conclusions -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
This book challenges much of the rhetoric about the role of knowledge in business. Although top managers hail knowledge and learning as the source of their competitive edge, the rich empirical studies presented in the book question this top-down perspective. It will make compelling reading for management academics and practitioners alike.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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