Anwendungen und Technologien des Web 2.0 finden immer mehr in die Unternehmenswelten Einzug, um dort Mitarbeiter verstärkt zum Wissenstransfer zu bewegen – eine Entwicklung, die mit dem Begriff „Enterprise 2.0“ bezeichnet wird. Alexander Stocker und Klaus Tochtermann stellen in elf...

Success of an organization is increasingly dependent on its capability to create an environment to improve the productivity of knowledge work. This book focuses on the concepts, models and technologies that are used to design and implement such an environment. It develops the vision of a...

This book visualizes paths that allow one to make connections between theories, concepts and concrete actions in knowledge management and networks.. It shows how to integrate these different roots into a holistic view on managing knowledge in networks

Firms are increasingly realising the importance of social networks. Such networks of customers can play an essential role in assisting firms to organise and prioritise the pool of user information regarding their needs, feedback on existing products as well as ideas for new products. To profit...

This book demonstrates how traditional knowledge can be connected to the modern world. Human knowledge of housing, health and agriculture dates back thousands of years, with old wisdom developing and becoming modern. But in the past few decades, global communities have increasingly become aware...

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...

This book explores the influence of the modes of knowledge transfer and environmental dynamism on the relationship between strategic actions and the sustainable balanced scorecard measurement of performance. Special emphasis is placed on emerging multinational enterprises in Kenya, a country...

This book contributes to our understanding of the reasons for the uneven geographic emergence and distribution of innovative start-ups and human capital, analyzing the role of the regional knowledge base and specifically academic knowledge. Using extensive datasets from West German regions and...