This book recognizes that while tourism research has undoubtedly penetrated and gone beyond a number of knowledge frontiers, frontiers are never static, but are constantly shifting and changing form in the context of a dynamic environment. This book therefore is a much needed contribution which...

""This book examines the importance of business tourism in the domain of social sciences and management sciences literature. It also highlights negatives and positives of business traveling specifically, the bright side of tourism and how to establish a logical link between business tourism and...

"This book analyzes global aspects of knowledge management from differing cultural perspectives and their use of knowledge and knowledge management. It focuses on the technical issues associated with the creation and implementation of knowledge systems utilizing artificial intelligence,...

"This book examines the vital role that social software applications play in regards to the cultural definitions by experts and challenges the reader to consider how recent changes in this area influence how we create and distribute knowledge"--Provided by publisher.

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"The social dynamics of innovation networks captures the important role of trust, social capital, institutions and norms and values in the creation of knowledge in innovation networks. In doing so, this book connects to a long-standing debate on the socio-spatial context of innovation in...

Based on an original research program, this book empirically appraises the dissemination of knowledge relevant to the innovative activities of European industry. Economists, business and management specialists and policy-makers will be interested in this new book.