Synopses & Reviews
Knowing Firms provides a strong response to the need for a body of scientific knowledge on the understanding, managing and measuring of knowledge in organizations. Written by some of the leading international scholars in the field, it presents the current state of the art in knowledge management.
This essential collection is organized in two clear parts. The first part covers the topics that are important for understanding knowledge in organizations and links the concepts of organizational learning and trust with theories of knowledge. In so doing, this section uncovers the theoretical assumptions underlying the research of knowledge in organizations and conceptualizes future research in the field. The second part presents practical approaches to, and models for, managing, measuring and developing knowledge in organizations. It also addresses how to determine and leverage the value of knowledge in organizations, through concepts such as intellectual capital and the value of core processes in the organization.
Knowing Firms will be essential reading for advanced level students, academics in strategic and general management, as well as for reflective.
Synopsis
Offering a strong response to the need for a body of scientific knowledge on the understanding, managing and measuring of knowledge in organizations, this book gives an international perspective on the issues bridging theory and practice through the use of case studies.
Synopsis
Written by some of the leading international scholars in the field, this book presents the current state-of-the-art in knowledge management.
The book offers a strong response to the need for a body of scientific knowledge on the understanding, managing and measuring of knowledge in organizations and brings an international perspective to bear on the issues bridging theory and practice through case study illustrations from Europe, Japan and American companies.