Knowledge creation and management : new challenges for managers / editors-in-chief, Kazuo Ichijo, Ikujiro Nonaka.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Knowledge as competitive advantage in the age of increasing globalization / Kazuo Ichijo and Ikujiro Nonaka -- Why do firms differ? The theory of the knowledge-creating firm / Ikujiro Nonaka and Ryoko Toyama -- Knowledge in organizational settings : how organizations generate, disseminate, and use knowledge for their competitive advantage / Laurence Prusak and Leigh Weiss -- Knowledge creation and transfer : from teams to the whole organization / Bettina Büchel -- Knowledge transfer within organizations / Dorothy Leonard -- Bringing the outside in : learning and knowledge management through external networks / Martha Maznevski and Nicholas Athanassiou -- Enabling knowledge-based competence of a corporation / Kazuo Ichijo -- Information technologies for knowledge management / Thomas H. Davenport -- The strategic management of knowledge / Kazuo Ichijo -- Market research in product development / Dorothy Leonard -- Human resources management and knowledge creation / Margit Osterloh -- Corporate finance : intangible assets' effect on shareholders' value / Makoto Nakano -- Perspectives on research and development : organizing and managing innovation in a (global) knowledge-based economy / Mie Augier and David J. Teece -- Globalizing local knowledge in global companies / Xavier Gilbert -- Governance information in knowledge-based companies / Jay W. Lorsch -- Enhancing social capital for knowledge effectiveness / Don Cohen -- Knowledge management and corporate renewal / Bala Chakravarthy and Sue McEvily.