This book applies a spatial economics perspective to the understanding of the recent dynamism of the global economy, with particular focus on East Asia, and examines the prospects of regional integration in East Asia

This book examines the new conditions under which professional work, often referred to as “knowledge-intensive work,” is organised and how professional groups who have traditionally been granted jurisdictional discretion now have their work routines renegotiated. In the new economic regime...

Exploring the new professional scenes in digital and freelance knowledge, this innovative book provides an account of the subjects and cultures that pertain to knowledge work in the aftermath of the creative class frenzy. Including a broad spectrum of empirical projects, The Reputation Economy...

This book explores - at the macro, meso and micro levels and in terms of qualitative as well as quantitative studies - theories, policies and practices about the contributions of artistic research and innovations towards defining new forms of knowledge, knowledge production, as well as knowledge...

Preface by Johan Roos -- Processual Knowledge Production in Autopoietic Organizations -- Organization -- Systemic View and Systems Thinking -- Autopoiesis -- Process Perspective -- Luhmann’s View of Social Autopoietic Systems -- Epistemological Assumptions -- Knowledge and Knowledge Management...

The competitiveness of firms, regions and countries greatly depends on the generation, dissemination and application of new knowledge. Modern innovation research is challenged by the need to incorporate knowledge generation and dissemination processes into the analysis so as to disentangle the...

This book discusses a core question in many fields of the social sciences, namely how to create, share and adopt new knowledge. It creates an original space for conversation between two lines of research that have developed largely in parallel for a long time: social network theory and the...

Einführende Zusammenfassung -- 1 Auf dem Weg zur Wissensgesellschaft -- 2 Wissen in Organisationen -- 3 Organisieren rund ums Wissen -- 4 Wissen ist menschlich -- 5 Wissen aufbauen und teilen -- 6 Wissen messen und absichern -- 7 Wissensmanagement implementieren -- Anhang: Wissensmarkt --...

Einführende Zusammenfassung -- Auf dem Weg zur Wissensgesellschaft -- Die Wissenstreppe -- Organisieren rund ums Wissen -- Wissen ist menschlich -- Wissen aufbauen und teilen -- Wissen messen und absichern -- Wissensmanagement implementieren -- Anhang: Wissensmarkt.