Editors:
- State of the art and novel approaches in knowledge management
- Empirical results about knowledge management practices of small and medium high-tech enterprises and the problems they encounter
- Outlook on future developments in this field
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
The ability to manage knowledge is relevant for millions of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) that operate in high-tech environments. They strongly depend on external knowledge about customers, technologies, and competitors because, as opposed to large companies, they have limited internal knowledge resources and little power to control their business environments. Present KM literature, however, mainly focuses on large companies and therefore does not explain, how SMEs, for example, can successfully apply groupware, data mining, semantic networks, and knowledge maps. This book addresses this problem by introducing the concept of knowledge integration (KI) that places emphasis on the identification, acquisition and use of external knowledge. Drawing from this theoretical basis, the book presents concepts and instruments specifically designed for SMEs, as well as examples of their implementation and use in practice.
Editors and Affiliations
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Focus on Technology and Innovation Management (TIM), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Antonie Jetter, Hans-Horst Schröder
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School of Business, Public Administration and Technology, University of Twente, AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Jeroen Kraaijenbrink, Fons Wijnhoven
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Knowledge Integration
Book Subtitle: The Practice of Knowledge Management in Small and Medium Enterprises
Editors: Antonie Jetter, Hans-Horst Schröder, Jeroen Kraaijenbrink, Fons Wijnhoven
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7908-1681-7
Publisher: Physica Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-1586-3
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-2525-1
eBook ISBN: 978-3-7908-1681-5
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 204
Topics: Knowledge Management, Innovation/Technology Management, Human Resource Management