Strategic learning and knowledge management / edited by Ron Sanchez and Aimé Heene.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A competence perspective on strategic learning and knowledge management / Ron Sanchez and Aimé Heene -- The unit of activity : a new way to understand competence building and leveraging / Bente Løwendahl and Knut Haanes -- Complex systems, complex learning, and competence building / Richard Hall -- The dilemma of competence : differentiation versus integration in the pursuit of learning / Max Boisot, Dorothy Griffiths and Veronica Moles -- Tangible integration versus intellectual codification skils : a comparison of learning processes in developing logic and memory semiconductors / Russell W. Wright --Competence building in biotechnology start-ups : the role of scientific discovery, technical development, and absorptive capacity / Richard Klavans and David L. Deeds -- Competence building by incorporating clients into the development of a business service firm's knowledge base / Petteri Sivula, Frans A.J. van den Bosch and Tom Elfring -- Appropriability and the creation of new capabilities through strategic alliances / Bertrand Quélin -- Managing articulated knowledge in competence-based competition / Ron Sanchez -- Modularity in product design, development, and organization : a case study of Baan company / Henk A, Post -- Leveraging knowledge across firm boundaries : achieving strategic flexibility through modularization and alliances / John W. Lang.