Interorganisationales Lernen -- Unternehmensberatung als Untersuchungsgegenstand -- Von lokalen Rationalitäten zu interorganisationalen Kommunikationsbarrieren in Beratungsprojekten -- Herleitung der Fragestellungen der Untersuchung -- Methodik der empirischen Untersuchung -- Ergebnisse der...

Why do some organizations learn at faster rates than others? Why do organizations "forget"? Could productivity gains acquired in one part of an organization be transferred to another? These are among the questions addressed in Organizational Learning: Creating, Retaining and Transferring...

This book links knowledge management literature and information systems research to explore the process of knowledge preservation within a community of practice. It contributes to existing literature in different ways. First, it provides a conceptualization of the “community knowledge...

This book is published under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license. The editors present essential methods and tools to support a holistic approach to the challenge of system upgrades and innovation in the context of high-value products and services. The approach presented here is based on three main pillars:...

This book places knowledge, learning and innovation at the heart of cross-sector collaborations. Collaboration for innovation is a topic that has attracted widespread interest from academics, business strategists and government officials. To date the collaborations have focused on the...

Knowledge -- Scenario Setting -- Foundation Laws of Knowledge Dynamics -- The Knowledge Value Chain -- Industry and Knowledge Clusters -- Embracing Business Ecosystems to Enable Sustainable and Accelerated Innovation -- Corporate Management of Knowledge -- Knowledge-Relevant Economic Policy:...

This book proposes that organizational policies are what ensure the institutionalization and sustainability of futures thinking in organizations. It presents several case studies from corporations and other institutions that describe effective use of foresight methods and internal policies to...

10 years ago, in the flourishing atmosphere of India’s high-tech city, Bangalore, SAP Labs was established as small development facility. Known to be one of the world’s most promising destinations for foreign investments, India is where SAP AG chose to locate what is now their largest RD and...