Unternehmen erstellen komplexe Güter und Dienstleistungen im Allgemeinen nicht alleine, sondern arbeiten mit anderen Unternehmen zusammen. Dabei stimmen sie sich vielfach durch nicht-marktliche Koordinationsformen wie inner- und zwischenbetriebliche Kooperationen ab. Gleichzeitig steigt die...

Dimensionen des I-K-W-Managements und Möglichkeiten der Optimierung dieses Konzepts. Unter der Prämisse einer grundlegenden Kohärenz von Information, Kommunikation und Wissen konnte demonstriert werden, wie die Netzwerkkonzepte diesen Integrationsversuch befruchten. So wurde im ersten Kapitel...

This paper provides the first in-depth study of the organization of knowledge in multinational firms. The paper develops a theoretical model that studies how firms optimally split knowledge between their headquarters and their production plants if communication costs impede the access of...

This study gives a new identity to a knowledge search mode named search diversity and investigates how it is more rigorous in capturing knowledge heterogeneity in comparison to general assessment of search breadth. By distinguishing between diversifying and expanding search domain as building...

Purpose: This paper analyzes the association of searching diversely as a strategy to capture external knowledge and that of competition intensity with innovation in logistics. Secondly it studies how these associations interact by examining whether they intensify or mitigate one another when...

This new series presents and discusses new and innovative approaches used by professionals in library and information practice worldwide. The authors are chosen to provide critical analysis of issues and to present solutions to selected challenges in libraries and related fields, including...