Governing and managing knowledge in Asia
The field of knowledge for development now occupies a top position on the agenda of all Asian governments as well as large development organizations. This book reflects this mega-trend of development towards KBEs (Knowledge Based Economies). For this 2nd edition all chapters have been thoroughly edi...
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Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. :
World Scientific Pub. Co.,
c2010.
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| Series: | Series on innovation and knowledge management ;
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : governing and managing knowledge in Asia / Thomas Menkhoff, Hans-Dieter Evers and Yue Wah Chay
- pt. I. What is knowledge?. ch. 1. Knowledge of enterprise : knowledge management or knowledge technology? / Milan Zeleny. ch. 2. "Knowledge" and the sociology of science / Hans-Dieter Evers
- pt. II. The rise of Asian knowledge society. ch. 3. The knowledge gap and the digital divide / Hans-Dieter Evers. ch. 4. Local and global knowledge : social science research on South-east Asia / Solvay Gerke and Hans-Dieter Evers. ch. 5. Transition towards a knowledge society : Malaysia and Indonesia in global perspective / Hans-Dieter Evers
- pt. III. Strategic groups as K-economy drivers. ch. 6. Knowledge management : an essential tool for the public sector / Thomas B. Riley. ch. 7. Reflections about the role of expert knowledge and consultants in an emerging knowledge-based economy / Hans-Dieter Evers and Thomas Menkhoff. ch. 8. Knowledge in development : epistemic machineries in a global context / Hans-Dieter Evers, Markus Kaiser and Christine Müller. ch. 9. Building vibrant science and technology parks with knowledge management : trends in Singapore / Thomas Menkhoff ... [et al.]. ch. 10. Applying knowledge management in university research / Benjamin Loh ... [et al.]
- pt. IV. KM applications and challenges. ch. 11. Notes from an "Intelligent Island" : towards strategic knowledge management in Singapore's small business sector / Thomas Menkhoff, Yue Wah Chay and Benjamin Loh. ch. 12. Collaboration and competition : the Knowledge Research Institute of Singapore as a model KM system / Patrick Lambe. ch. 13. Creating a KM platform for strategic success : a case study of Wipro Technologies, India / RaviShankar Mayasandra N. and Shan Ling Pan
- pt. V. Focus on K-sharing behavior in organizations. ch. 14. What makes knowledge sharing in organizations tick? - an empirical study / Yue Wah Chay ... [et al.]. ch. 15. The moderating effects of friendship ties and dispositional factors on inducement and knowledge sharing among employees / Ho-Beng Chia ... [et al.].