Cross-cultural perspectives on knowledge management / edited by David J. Pauleen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Exploring the relationship between national and organizational culture, and knowledge management / David J. Pauleen, Ling-Ling Wu and Sally Dexter -- 2. Culture : an overlooked key to unlocking organizational knowledge / Robert Mason -- 3. The art of systems : the cognitive-aesthetic culture of portal cities and the development of meta-cultural advanced knowledge economies / Peter Murphy -- 4. Cultural stretch : knowledge transfer and disconcerting resistance to absorption and application / Gerhard Fink and Nigel Holden -- 5. From concept to context : toward social-cultural awareness and responsibility in the organization of knowledge / Chern Li Liew -- 6. Managing innovative knowledge : cultural perspectives on patenting / Chad Saunders and Mike Chiasson -- 7. The influence of national culture on knowledge management in virtual teams / Doug Vogel, Anne-Francoise Rutkowski and Michiel van Genuchten -- 8. People's twist : the cultural standard of loyalty and performance in former socialist economies / Gerhard Fink and Maren Lehmann -- 9. Institutional and cultural influences on knowledge sharing in Russia and China / Kate Hutchings and Snejina Michailova -- 10. Asian organizations meet North American management theory : the case of Singapore and Senge / Kala S. Retna and Jane E. Bryson -- 11. The Peruvian asparagus cluster : realizing profitability from social capital and shared knowledge management in a traditionally low-trust environment / Luis S. Chang -- 12. Research and development knowledge transfer across national cultures / Marjolyn S. W. Thiessen, Paul H. J. Hendriks and Caroline Essers.