Knowledge Emergence: Social, Technical, and Evolutionary Dimensions of Knowledge Creation / Edition 1

by Ikujiro Nonaka, Toshihiro Nishiguchi

Overview

This book brings together the research of a number of scholars in the field of knowledge creation and imparts a sense of order to the field. The chapters share three characteristics: they are all grounded in extensive qualitative and/or quantitative research; they all go beyond the mere description of the knowledge-creation process and offer both theoretical and strategic implications; they share a view of knowledge creation and knowledge transfer as delicate processes, necessitating particular forms of support from managers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195130638
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/25/2001
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 6.10(h) x 1.10(d)
Lexile:	1450L (what's this?)

About the Author

Haas School, University of California at Berkeley

Hitotsubashi University

Table of Contents

Contributors1. Introduction: Knowledge Emergence, Ikujiro Nonaka and Toshihiro NishiguchiPart I Knowledge, BA, and Care2. Emergence of "Ba": A Conceptual Framework for the Continuous and Self-transcending Process of Knowledge Development of Business Organizations, Ikujiro Nonaka, Noboru Konno, and Ryoko Toyama3. Bringing Care into Knowledge Development of Business Organizations, Georg Von Krogh, Kazuo Ichijo, and Ikujiro NonakaPart II Technology and Cooperation4. The Influence of New 3-D CAD Systems on Knowledge Creation in product Development, Kentaro Nobeoka and Yasunori Baba5. The Impact of Technology on Knowledge Creation: A Study of Experimentation in Integrated Circuit Design, Stefan H. Thomke6. The Temporal Dynamics of Knowledge Creation in the Information Society7. Focusing Creativity: Microsoft's "Synch-and-Stabalize" Approach to Software Product Development, Michael A. Cusumano8. Cooperation and Knowledge Creation, Giorgio De MichelisPart III Transnational Knowledge Creation9. Multinational Enterprises and Cross-Border Knowledge Creation, D. Eleanor Westney10. Knowledge Creation and the Internationalization of Japanese Companies: Front-Line Management Across Borders, Kenichi Yasumuro and D. Eleanor WestneyPart IV Interfirm Relations11. Coevolution of Interorganzational Relations, Toshihiro Nishiguchi12. "Co-opetition" in the Japanese Aircraft Industry, Sigrun Caspary and Tishihiro Nishiguchi13. Shukko (Employee Transfers) and Tacit Knowledge Exchange in Japanese Supply Networks: The Electronics Industry Case, James R. Lincoln and Christina Ahmadjian14. Absorptive Capacity, Co-opetition, and Knowledge Creation: Samsung's Leapfrogging in Semiconductors, Linsu Kim15. Conclusion: Social, Technical, and Evolutionary Dimensions of Knowledge Creation, Ikujiro Nonaka and Toshihiro NishiguchiIndex

Editorial Reviews

"In Knowledge Emergence, the editors have taken the efforts of prominent researchers in the field of knowledge creation and crafted a text that provides interested readers with a rich array of the perspectives in this emerging field of study. More important, this book takes these diverse works and imparts a sense of order to the field by allowing the respective authors to share their research efforts in the field of knowledge creation. . . . The book provides the interested reader, academic researcher, and organization manager valuable insights on how to grapple with the issue of knowledge creation."—Journal of Economic Issues

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