Knowledge management Books

Book SynopsisLearn about the successesof Black entrepreneurs through a collection of unique case studies Successful Black Entrepreneursisan insightful collection ofHarvard Business Schoolcase studiesaboutBlack entrepreneurs succeeding in a variety of industries andthrough different routes, including start-ups, franchising, and acquisitions. The book also recognizes and celebrates Black entrepreneurial excellence, as it takes the reader through the stages of entrepreneurship, including ideation, raising capital, growing the company, and taking it public. In addition to identifying the positive aspects of Black entrepreneurship, the book also uses data, research, and anecdotes to highlight the challenges faced by Black entrepreneurs, including: An inability to access capital from traditional financial institutions like banks and private equity firmsThe requirement to practice racial concealment in the company ofWhite customers in order to achieve success Perfect for students, aspiring entrepreneurs, and established business leaders,Successful Black Entrepreneursprovidespracticalperspectivesfrom Black entrepreneurs about what it takes to succeed in business.Table of ContentsPreface vii Introduction xi Chapter 1 History of Black Entrepreneurship 1 Chapter 2 Importance of Black Entrepreneurs 37 Chapter 3 Black Start-Up Entrepreneurs 43 Chapter 4 Entrepreneurship Through Acquisitions 75 Chapter 5 Entrepreneurship Through Franchising 125 Chapter 6 Access to Capital for Black Entrepreneurs 157 Chapter 7 Black Turnaround Entrepreneurs 203 Chapter 8 Entrepreneurial Exits: Selling the Company 235 Chapter 9 Black Intrapreneurs 285 Epilogue 311 Appendix 313 Acknowledgments 317 About the Author 321 Index 323

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Book SynopsisHow to lead the digital transformation of governments Digital Government Excellence: Lessonsfrom Effective Digital Leadersdelivers a fascinating treatment of digital leadership as governments around the world start or restart the digital transformation of their work and service delivery. The author provides a playbook on how to achieve digital excellence via interviews with 20 remarkable digital government leaders from around the world. Each one offers insights on strategies for how to incorporate the best of digital into public services and practical tips on leading digital reforms and delivery teams. The book also: Explores how to begin the task of making all of government to go digital or go deeper and bolder in this direction, including the first steps and beyondHighlights leadership styles and practices for effective and lasting delivery of digital strategies and reformsProvides food for thought about whatit takes to be an impactful digital transformation leader in government and beyond The book is ideal for Chief Digital/Information/Technology Officers or digital agency leaders in public service. Digital Government Excellence is also an indispensable resource for any practitioner, policymaker or political leader in governments at any level, as well as any student or advisor of governments looking intohow to deliver digital transformation in the public sector.Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xi List of Abbreviations xiii Introduction xv 1. Aisha Bin Bishr, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) 1 2. Alex Benay, Canada 15 3. Anna-Maija Karjalainen, Finland 31 4. Barry Lowry, Ireland 45 5. Bolor-Erdene Battsengel, Mongolia 59 6. Cheow Hoe Chan, Singapore 71 7. Daniel Abadie, Argentina 83 8. Diego Piacentini, Italy 97 9. Hillary Hartley, Ontario, Canada 109 10. Innocent Bagamba Muhizi, Rwanda 123 11. José Clastornik, Uruguay 135 12. Lars Frelle-Petersen, Denmark 147 13. Luis Felipe Monteiro, Brazil 159 14. Mike Bracken, United Kingdom 173 15. Pedro Silva Dias, Portugal 189 16. Randall Brugeaud, Australia 203 17. Shai-Lee Spiegelman, Israel 219 18. Taavi Kotka, Estonia 233 19. Tim Occleshaw, New Zealand 245 20. Yolanda Martínez, Mexico 261 Epilogue: How to Lead a Government to Digital Excellence 279 About the Author 287 Index 289

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Book SynopsisQuantitative Finance with R offers a winning strategy for devising expertly-crafted and workable trading models using the R open source programming language, providing readers with a step-by-step approach to understanding complex quantitative finance problems and building functional computer code.Trade Review"Through the lens of an expert practitioner, Harry provides a treatise on how to develop a robust quantitative trading strategy using 'R'. This is the first book written that has covered the ability of 'R' software to provide the infrastructure for an algorithmic trading system. Harry has written an instant classic that the professional and novice will find inherently useful. There is an inordinate amount of working 'R' code that the reader can deploy instantly or lever to develop more exotic functions and scripts. With this book, there is no need for expensive software development or a MATLAB license. Download the R software and you can begin building profitable strategies immediately. Harry has spawned an entire new generation of hedge fund managers with this seminal work." - Ed Zarek, Quantitative Options Trader, Chicago Volatility Group "This is a superb text for aspiring quantitative traders. Financial math and computing concepts are introduced and developed simultaneously. The text guides readers through a set of R programming exercises that culminate in several data-based trading strategies. The conversational writing style and practitioner perspective will resonate with many readers." - Steven Todd, Associate Dean for Faculty and Research, Former Finance Department Chairperson, and Associate Professor Finance, Quinlan School of Business, Loyola University Chicago "Quantitative Trading with R translates complicated topics into straightforward concepts. I'm using it as a reference and Belvedere has already incorporated some of the material into our classes." - Thomas Hutchinson, Managing Partner, Belvedere Trading, LLCTable of Contents1 An Overview 2 Tools of the Trade 3 Working with Data 4 Basic Statistics and Probability 5 Intermediate Statistics and Probability 6 Spreads, Betas and Risk 7 Backtesting with Quantstrat 8 High-Frequency Data 9 Options 10 Optimization

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Book SynopsisThe book will appeal to anyone trying to make sense of contemporary higher education.Trade ReviewAs a collection, Academic Capitalism in the Age of Globalization presents ways that universities have become more entrepreneurial, more interdisciplinary, more competitive, and more marketable as postsecondary institutions and labor markets have become progressively globalized. Canadian Journal of Higher Education oTable of ContentsForewordAcknowledgmentsPart I: Academic Capitalism Revisited Chapter 1. Academic Capitalism in Theory and Research Chapter 2. Retheorizing Academic Capitalism: Actors, Mechanisms, Fields, and Networks Chapter 3. University Revolutions and Academic Capitalism: A Historical Perspective Chapter 4. Exploring the Academic Capitalist Time Regime Chapter 5. Learning to Litigate: University Patents in the Knowledge Economy Chapter 6. Academic Capitalism and Practical Activity: Extending the Research ProgramChapter 7. Extending Academic Capitalism by Foregrounding Academic LaborPart II: Academic Capitalism and Globalization Chapter 8. The Global Enterprise of Higher Education Chapter 9. Transnationalization of Academic Capitalism through Global Production Networks Chapter 10. How to Explain Academic Capitalism: A Mechanism-Based Approach Chapter 11. Peripheral Knowledge-Driven Economies: What Does Academic Capitalism Have to Say? Chapter 12. Academic Capitalism in Greater China: Theme and Variations Chapter 13. Risky Business: Academic Capitalism, Globalization, and the Risk UniversityChapter 14. Developing a Conceptual Model to Study the International Student Market List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisOrganizational ethics involves the institutionalized principles, guidelines, and norms that influence how a company and its employees function in an ethical manner. Ultimately, these processes collectively influence a firm's 1) overall sense of business ethics, 2) management of employees, and 3) interactions with partners outside of the immediate work environment. Researcher and practitioners are interested in organizational ethics because the different approaches used to develop such a context generate many other positive business outcomes.While the connection between organizational ethics and employee/stakeholder well-being has been explored, moving forward with a number of new investigations should push the literature forward. This book seeks to explore these important topics and present a more comprehensive overview of organizational ethics and stakeholder well-being in the business environment. Such inquiry is important because the linkages between business ethics and stakeholders, if well-managed, have the capacity to benefit both companies and employees. In addition, the content of this book should serve to guide future investigations within this area of business ethics.

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Book SynopsisOrganizational ethics involves the institutionalized principles, guidelines, and norms that influence how a company and its employees function in an ethical manner. Ultimately, these processes collectively influence a firm's 1) overall sense of business ethics, 2) management of employees, and 3) interactions with partners outside of the immediate work environment. Researcher and practitioners are interested in organizational ethics because the different approaches used to develop such a context generate many other positive business outcomes.While the connection between organizational ethics and employee/stakeholder well-being has been explored, moving forward with a number of new investigations should push the literature forward. This book seeks to explore these important topics and present a more comprehensive overview of organizational ethics and stakeholder well-being in the business environment. Such inquiry is important because the linkages between business ethics and stakeholders, if well-managed, have the capacity to benefit both companies and employees. In addition, the content of this book should serve to guide future investigations within this area of business ethics.

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Book SynopsisIs the invention of accounting so useful that, as Charlie Munger once said, “you have to know accounting. It's the language of practical business life. It was a very useful thing to deliver to civilization. I've heard it came to civilization through Venice which of course was once the great commercial power in the Mediterranean”? (WOO 2013)This positive view on accounting can be contrasted with an opposing view by Paul Browne that “the recent [accounting] scandals have brought a new level of attention to the accounting profession as gatekeepers and custodians of social interest.” (DUM 2013)Contrary to these opposing views (and other ones as will be discussed in the book), accounting (in relation to addition and subtraction) are neither possible (or impossible) nor desirable (or undesirable) to the extent that the respective ideologues (on different sides) would like us to believe.Of course, this reexamination of different opposing views on accounting does not mean that the study of addition and subtraction is useless, or that those fields (related to accounting)—like bookkeeping, auditing, forensics, info management, finance, philosophy of accounting, accounting ethics, lean accounting, mental accounting, environmental audit, creative accounting, carbon accounting, social accounting, and so on—are unimportant. (WK 2013) In fact, neither of these extreme views is plausible.Rather, this book offers an alternative (better) way to understand the future of accounting in regard to the dialectic relationship between addition and subtraction—while learning from different approaches in the literature but without favoring any one of them (nor integrating them, since they are not necessarily compatible with each other). More specifically, this book offers a new theory (that is, the double-sided theory of accounting) to go beyond the existing approaches in a novel way and is organized in four chapters.This seminal project will fundamentally change the way that we think about accounting in relation to addition and subtraction from the combined perspectives of the mind, nature, society, and culture, with enormous implications for the human future and what I originally called its “post-human” fate.

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Book SynopsisIs the invention of accounting so useful that, as Charlie Munger once said, “you have to know accounting. It's the language of practical business life. It was a very useful thing to deliver to civilization. I've heard it came to civilization through Venice which of course was once the great commercial power in the Mediterranean”? (WOO 2013)This positive view on accounting can be contrasted with an opposing view by Paul Browne that “the recent [accounting] scandals have brought a new level of attention to the accounting profession as gatekeepers and custodians of social interest.” (DUM 2013)Contrary to these opposing views (and other ones as will be discussed in the book), accounting (in relation to addition and subtraction) are neither possible (or impossible) nor desirable (or undesirable) to the extent that the respective ideologues (on different sides) would like us to believe.Of course, this reexamination of different opposing views on accounting does not mean that the study of addition and subtraction is useless, or that those fields (related to accounting)—like bookkeeping, auditing, forensics, info management, finance, philosophy of accounting, accounting ethics, lean accounting, mental accounting, environmental audit, creative accounting, carbon accounting, social accounting, and so on—are unimportant. (WK 2013) In fact, neither of these extreme views is plausible.Rather, this book offers an alternative (better) way to understand the future of accounting in regard to the dialectic relationship between addition and subtraction—while learning from different approaches in the literature but without favoring any one of them (nor integrating them, since they are not necessarily compatible with each other). More specifically, this book offers a new theory (that is, the double-sided theory of accounting) to go beyond the existing approaches in a novel way and is organized in four chapters.This seminal project will fundamentally change the way that we think about accounting in relation to addition and subtraction from the combined perspectives of the mind, nature, society, and culture, with enormous implications for the human future and what I originally called its “post-human” fate.

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Book SynopsisData Analytics and Data-based Decision-making are hot topics now. Big Data has entered the common parlance. Many kinds of data are generated by business, social media, machines, and more. Organizations have a choice: they can be buried under the avalanche of data, or they can do something with it to increase competitive advantage. A new field of Data Science is born, and Data Scientist has been called the sexiest job of the decade. Students across a variety of academic departments, including business, computer science, statistics, and engineering are attracted to the idea of discovering new insights and ideas from data. This is a proposal for a short and lucid book on this whole area. It is designed to provide a student with the intuition behind this evolving area, along with a solid toolset of the major data mining techniques and platforms, all within a single semester- or quarter-long course.

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Book SynopsisThis book addresses project management in the context of information systems. It deals with general project management principles, with focus on the special characteristics of information systems. It is based on an earlier text , but shortened to focus on essential project management elements. This chapter has presented various statistics indicating endemic problems in completing information system projects on time, within budget, at designed functionality. While successful completion of an information systems project is a challenge, there are some things that can be done to improve the probability of project success. This book reviews a number of project management tools. These include developing organizational ability to work on projects, discussed in Chapters 2 and 3. Sponsor expectations can be based upon better information if a good job of project selection is conducted, discussed in Chapter 4. Better systems analysis and design (Chapter 5) and project estimation (covered in Chapter 6) can assure that the proper skills are acquired to develop the project. Project management tools (Chapter 7) can assist project managers in coordinating the project effort, as can project management software such as Microsoft Project. Chapter 8 will return to the importance of critical success factors in the context of project implementation. Chapter 9 will discuss project control and termination.

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Book SynopsisThe data-driven, global business environment requires increasingly sophisticated decision support, analytics and business intelligence. Also, changing technologies including mobile devices and cloud computing have created new opportunities for computerized decision support and an increasing need for technology support of business decision making. Contemporary managers must know much more about information technology solutions and especially computerized decision support, data science and analytics. This book is targeted to busy managers and MBA students who want to grasp the basics of computerized decision support. Some of the topics covered include: What is a decision support system? What is “big data” and how is it useful? What is business intelligence? How can predictive analytics support decision making? What is the impact of decision support on decision making? And how can managers identify opportunities for innovative analytics and decision support? Overall the book addresses 70 major questions relevant to decision support.

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Book SynopsisDigital disruption is accelerating. Implementing a successful digital transformation strategy requires that senior managers make trade-off decisions to reinvent a business. Equally important all decision makers must learn to ask the right questions, use data and computer support in decision making, and increase their knowledge and skills. Creating a data-centric culture and rewarding data-based decision making leads to successful digital transformation. Join the digital journey.This book is targeted at managers, especially middle-level managers who are trying to come to grips with using data-based decision making in a transforming organization. The authors explore a number of broad questions including: How can managers become data-based decision makers? How can digital transformation become part of an organizational strategy? What new skills do managers need to implement digital transformation? How will we know an organization has been successfully transformed?

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Book SynopsisDigital disruption and transformation of industries and organizations has created a need for more agile attitudes, behaviors, and culture. Becoming more agile is important for individuals, teams, and organizations for three major reasons: 1) the requirements for faster, more responsive execution requires a reduction in bureaucratic processes, 2) changing technology environments reward more customer-focused processes, and 3) rapid internal collaboration and communication that is coordinated using technology is both possible and a requirement.One way to explain Agile is with a ""dance"" metaphor. Traditional processes are often a slow bureaucratic dance, like a classic waltz. Slow dancing is an important skill to know, but most of us would not want to do that dance all of the time. Today individuals, teams and organizations should perform and practice a wide variety of dances in appropriate contexts to be successful. Agile processes have various rhythms, rituals, and styles. We all need to learn new dances and we need to dance faster much of the time. Also, we need to be able to change dances in an elegant and seamless way. Despite the heightened interest, many people misunderstand or fail to understand becoming agile and applying agile methods and principles. For what types of projects should we use an Agile process? When is a structured development life cycle approach more appropriate? Some agile project approaches are appropriate for many types of projects and a mix of agile approaches coupled with some traditional approaches can make organizations more agile. Some managers and organizations strive for a contingent or a hybrid approach - a mix of agile and more traditional processes. This book is aimed at students, IT practitioners, and managers who seek answers to these questions and want to better understand agile.

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Book SynopsisEnterprise Systems have been used for many years to integrate technology with the management of an organization but rapid technological disruptions are now creating new challenges and opportunities that require urgent consideration. This book reappraises the implementation and management of Enterprise Systems in the digital age and investigates the vital link between business processes, information technology and the Internet for an organization’s competitive advantage and success.This book primarily focuses on the implementation, operation, management and integration of Enterprise Systems with fastemerging disruptive technologies such as blockchains, big data, cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, data mining and data analytics. These disruptive technologies are now becoming mainstream and the book proposes several innovations that organizations need to adopt to remain competitive within this rapidly changing landscape. In addition, it examines Enterprise Systems, their components, architecture, and applications and enlightens readers on the benefits and shortcomings of implementing them. This book contains primary research on organizations, case studies, and benchmarks ERP implementation against international best practice.

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Book SynopsisEnterprise Systems have been used for many years to integrate technology with the management of an organization but rapid technological disruptions are now creating new challenges and opportunities that require urgent consideration. This book reappraises the implementation and management of Enterprise Systems in the digital age and investigates the vital link between business processes, information technology and the Internet for an organization’s competitive advantage and success.This book primarily focuses on the implementation, operation, management and integration of Enterprise Systems with fastemerging disruptive technologies such as blockchains, big data, cryptocurrencies, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, data mining and data analytics. These disruptive technologies are now becoming mainstream and the book proposes several innovations that organizations need to adopt to remain competitive within this rapidly changing landscape. In addition, it examines Enterprise Systems, their components, architecture, and applications and enlightens readers on the benefits and shortcomings of implementing them. This book contains primary research on organizations, case studies, and benchmarks ERP implementation against international best practice.

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Book SynopsisOpen innovation is about firms' external relations with other firms and organizations. It is a topic which has attracted an immense amount of attention, but which has also been heavily criticized due to the diversity of the ideas and fuzziness of its key concepts. To date, the bulk of the literature on open innovation draws on case study material to illustrate the operation of firms in an anecdotal way. By contrast, this book examines open innovation practices by using large-scale data sets and stresses their impact on firm performance. The authors examine four key issues: differences between firms in open innovation practices, public funding to enhance external relations, R&D outsourcing of firms, and the role of human resources in R&D and innovation. The conceptual and measurement issues attached to open innovation explored in this timely book will prove essential to academics. Practitioners from large firms who are closely engaged in the practical organization of open innovation will benefit from the authors insights on outsourcing R&D and the need for the right kinds of human resources.Trade ReviewResearch and open innovation has been developed exponentially in the last five years, but strong empirical evidence on several research questions is still lacking. The authors offer via detailed large scale empirical research, interesting answers on how to manage open innovation and how to shape policy conditions that lead to more open innovation. --- Wim Vanhaverbeke, University of Hasselt, BelgiumTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Introduction Part I: Firms React Differently when Managing Open Innovation 1. Open Innovation and the Relation between Innovative Activities and Firm Performance 2. Firm-level Effects of Incoming Knowledge Spillovers, Research Collaboration and Strategic Appropriability 3. A Comparative Analysis of Open Innovation and the Relation between Research Intensity and Product Innovativeness Part II: Open Innovation and Public Funding Practices 4. Public Intervention and Innovative Networking: Firm-level Evidence on the Opening-up of the Innovation Process 5. Public Funding for Innovation and Research Cooperation 6. The Impact of Public Funding for Research on Private–Public Research Cooperation Part III: A Closer Look at Open Innovation: R&D Outsourcing 7. The Impact of Internal R&D, Strategic Appropriability and Cooperation on R&D Outsourcing 8. Managing R&D Outsourcing and the Impact on Firms’ R&D Employment Part IV: The Role of Human Resources in Open Innovation Practices 9. The Impact of Occupation and Education of R&D Personnel on Knowledge Exchange 10. Research Experts’ Role in Knowledge Development and Exchange in Formal Research Cooperation General Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook establishes the 'contextualization' of the learning organization idea as a research field.In contrast to much of the previous literature, which has approached the learning organization as a panacea that every organization could and should adopt, this major new Handbook puts the learning organization into context. It examines the relevance of the learning organization idea to organizations in various specific contexts, employing examples from a wide variety of cultures including China and Islamic nations, and from industries as diverse as the police force, care services for the elderly and family firms.Scholars and students with an interest in organizational learning will find this important Handbook enriching. Human resource practitioners will also find plenty of invaluable information in this resource.Contributors: C. Abrahamson Löfström, A. Ahmad, M. Babur, Y. Baruch, N. Birdthistle, D.A. Blackman, C. Blantern, P. Bogolyubov, T. Boydell, H.T.M. Bui, J. Burgoyne, X. Cong, D.J. Delgado-Hernández, M. Drobnjak, M. Easterby-Smith, Z. Fan, C. Filstad, T.N. Garavan, P. Gottschalk, J.F.L. Hong, S.-w. Hsu, D. Jamali, B. Li, Z. Li, M. Lin, C. Lloyd, D. McDowall, A. Örtenblad, C. Peng, Y. Sidani, R.S. Snell, C. Stothard, S. Talbot, M. Torokoff-Engelbrecht, K.E. Watkins, D. Weir, J. ZhouTrade ReviewÖrtenblad offers a contingency framework differentiating the idea of the learning organization as portrayed in research and practice to shed light on context as key to the idea's relevance. The contingency framework anchors chapter authors' interrogation into adaptation of enduring, underlying principles by divergent context - in industry, sector, national culture, religious orientation, and philosophical underpinnings. Readers will value analysis and synthesis of what is known from research as well as informed probing of what could be learned through the lens of provocative viewpoints. Scholars will appreciate Örtenblad's assessment of extant research and arguments made for ''researcher-assisted adaptation'' to balance rigid prescriptions with informed guidance in navigating contextual differences when deciding to enact the learning organization. --Victoria J. Marsick, Columbia UniversityThe handbook is a very well researched and excellent tool for anyone interested in the concept of learning, and particularly in the global organizational context. I highly recommend this book to managers of companies both large and small wanting to compete in the global landscape by highlighting the important learning that occurs in their organizations. --Vanessa Ratten, Thunderbird International Business ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Preface Anders Örtenblad PART I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND 1. Introduction: Putting the Learning Organization into Context: An Emerging Research Field Anders Örtenblad 2. What do we Mean by ‘Learning Organization’? Anders Örtenblad 3. Putting the Learning Organization into Context: Contributions from Previous Works Anders Örtenblad, Ziyun Fan, Chenghao Peng, Boying Li, Ziyan Li, Xiaoying Cong and Jie Zhou 4. Contextualizing the Learning Organization: Approaches to Research Design Anders Örtenblad 5. Obstacles to the Learning Organization David Weir and Anders Örtenblad PART II: THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION IN CONTEXT Section A. Culture and Religion 6. National Culture and the Learning Organization: An Integrative Framework Pavel Bogolyubov and Mark Easterby-Smith 7. Developing Learning Organizations in China Jacky F.L. Hong, Robin Stanley Snell and Mian Lin 8. Learning Organization Practices in Mexico: An Empirical Study David Joaquín Delgado-Hernández and Made Torokoff-Engelbrecht 9. Islamic Perspective of the Learning Organization Aini Ahmad Section B. Industries and Sectors 10. Learning, Trust and Change within the Australian Army: The Development of the Army Learning Organization Questionnaire (ALOQ) Maya Drobnjak, Christina Stothard, Steven Talbot, Karen E. Watkins and Denise McDowall 11. The Police Force: To be or not to be a Learning Organization? Cathrine Filstad and Petter Gottschalk 12. The Learning Organization in Elderly Care – Can it Fit? Carina Abrahamson Löfström 13. Family Firms as Learning Organizations Naomi Birdthistle and Thomas N. Garavan 14. Universities as Learning Organizations: Internationalization and Innovation Hong T.M. Bui and Yehuda Baruch Section C. Mixed Contexts 15. Public Sector Organizations as Learning Organizations: Insights from the Education System in Pakistan Muhammad Babur 16. The Learning Organization: Opportunities and Challenges for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Developing Countries Dima Jamali, Yusuf Sidani and Charissa Lloyd PART III: REFLECTIONS ON THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION 17. The Universality of Learning Company Principles: A Critical Realist Approach John Burgoyne 18. Who is the Learning Organization For? A Stakeholder Contingency Approach to Contextualizing Managerial Panaceas Anders Örtenblad 19. ‘The Learning Organization’ – Drop the Dead Metaphor! Performing Organizing and Learning in Networks (So to Speak) Chris Blantern, Tom Boydell and John Burgoyne 20. Alternative Learning Organization Shih-wei Hsu 21. Contextualising the Learning Organization: How will it Help us Learn in the Future? Deborah Ann Blackman 22. Towards a Contingency Model: Recommendations for Further Research Anders Örtenblad Index

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Book SynopsisHow Entrepreneurs Do What They Do presents 13 case studies of knowledge intensive entrepreneurship. The book focuses on 'doing', in essence, what happens when entrepreneurs are engaging practically in venture creation processes.Case studies can be used as a key element in learning and understanding what really occurs, as well as for illustrating theoretical points. This insightful book provides a series of in-depth case studies of knowledge intensive entrepreneurship from different industries to elucidate relevant phenomena and topics. They focus upon the venture creation process, involving close interactions between the individual, the company, and the external eco-system and environment. The cases primarily provide a managerial perspective on the process, from the sources of ideas, through opportunities and strategies, to outcomes and interactions with external networks.This enriching book will be relevant to academics and practitioners, as well as advanced students. The suggestions for further reflections can be used as inspiration for class discussions, Master thesis projects, academic research projects or stimulating successful entrepreneurship.Contributors: A.-S. Axelsson, R. Bekkers, L. Bordoli, J. Brink, O. Broberg, M.M. Godinho, J. Laage-Hellman, A.H. Lassen, D. Ljungberg, R. Mamede, M. McKelvey, C.R. Østergaard, E. Park, A. Rosa, G. Sjöblom, D. Slepniov, S. Szücs, B. Timmermans, B.V. Waehrens, O. Zaring, Y. ZhuTrade ReviewGiven the opportunity to teach a graduate course in entrepreneurship, I would give this book and its companion volume serious consideration in order to provide students with a well-articulated theoretical framework and a multitude of carefully described examples to illustrate and test the ideas of KIE theory. --Michael Beyerlein, Science and Public PolicyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Maureen McKelvey and Astrid Heidemann Lassen PART I: TRANSVERSAL TECHNOLOGIES, ENGINEERING AND SOFTWARE 2. How Tensions between Exploration and Exploitation Drive the Development Process of KIE: The Case of Sensor Inc. Astrid Heidemann Lassen 3. Collaborative Strategies: How and Why Academic Spin-offs Interact with Engineering University Centers Maureen McKelvey, Daniel Ljungberg, Olof Zaring, Jens Laage-Hellman and Stefan Szücs 4. Interaction as a Strategy in Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship: The Case of an ERP Software Company Olof Zaring 5. Managing International Expansion in a KIE Venture: Going Global in Alpha Composites Dmitrij Slepniov and Brian Vejrum Waehrens 6. The Nexus between Technology, Organizational and Market Development: The Case of NanoSpace Inc. Astrid Heidemann Lassen PART II: LIFESTYLE TECHNOLOGIES 7. Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship from Firm Exit in a High-tech Cluster: The Case of the Wireless Communications Cluster in Aalborg, Denmark Christian Richter Østergaard and Eunkyung Park 8. Entrepreneurial Exploitation of Creative Destruction and the Ambiguity of Knowledge in the Emerging Field of Digital Advertising Oskar Broberg, Ann-Sofie Axelsson and Gustav Sjöblom 9. Knowledge Reallocation and Challenges for KIE: The Case of the European Roller Coaster Industry Bram Timmermans, Rudi Bekkers and Luca Bordoli PART III: HUMAN HEALTH CARE AND FOOD 10. How Cross-fertilization of High-tech and Low-tech Sectors Creates Innovative Opportunities: The Case of the Wearable Electrocardiogram Alexandra Rosa, Ricardo Mamede and Manuel Mira Godinho 11. Building Collaborative Network Relationships: The Case of a Corporate Spin-off in the Medical Technology Industry Jens Laage-Hellman 12. Collaborative Research in Innovative Food: An Example of Renewing a Traditional Low-tech Industry Maureen McKelvey, Daniel Ljungberg and Jens Laage-Hellman 13. Financing and Privatizing a Visionary Research Endeavour in Proteonomics: The Case of ProSci in Australia Johan Brink and Maureen McKelvey 14. Business Models in Big Data in China: Designing New Opportunities through Sequencing and Bioinformatics Yanmei Zhu and Maureen McKelvey 15. Further Developing the Ideas Maureen McKelvey and Astrid Heidemann Lassen Index

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Book SynopsisThis original and exciting work differs from existing books on entrepreneurship by focusing specifically on the relationship between knowledge and entrepreneurship.The book uniquely combines an academic review of theoretical and empirical contributions with an analysis of the practical implications for engaging in and learning about venture creation. The authors concentrate on specific types of firms reliant upon advanced knowledge and show how a systemic perspective of entrepreneurship is required, involving design thinking, in order to capture the relationships between individual, venture and eco-system.Managing Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship will be insightful for academics and practitioners, as well as advanced students on entrepreneurship courses.Contents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. The KIE Creation Model 3. Accessing Resources and Ideas 4. Managing and Developing the Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship Venture 5. Evaluating Performance and Outputs 6. Design Thinking as a Tool for Entrepreneurship 7. Societal Impacts of Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship and the Role of Public Policy Appendix References IndexTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. The KIE Creation Model 3. Accessing Resources and Ideas 4. Managing and Developing the Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship Venture 5. Evaluating Performance and Outputs 6. Design Thinking as a Tool for Entrepreneurship 7. Societal Impacts of Knowledge Intensive Entrepreneurship and the Role of Public Policy Appendix References Index

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Book SynopsisIncreasingly, researchers and policymakers alike recognize that innovations are generated by complex and dynamic national ecosystems that include government, industry, universities and schools. Because these systems differ by country and are strongly influenced by culture, effective policy and research strategies require a systems approach, in which policy consensus is built on a clear understanding of how each nation's innovation ecosystem functions.This book outlines a unique methodology for constructing visual maps of national innovation ecosystems. The authors provide completed maps for six countries (Israel, Poland, Germany, France, Spain and Singapore), and two regions (Greater Toronto and ZhiangJiang Technology Park in Shanghai), along with detailed breakdowns of the policy implications emerging from each. These in-depth examples and a clear methodological approach offer a comprehensive guide for constructing visual portrayals of innovation systems and demonstrate why this is a vital exercise.Scholars and students of innovation and management will find this book an invaluable resource, as will innovation policymakers across the world.Contents: 1. Towards national innovation system 2. Method for mapping innovation ecosystems 3. The Israeli national innovation ecosystem 4. The Polish national innovation ecosystem 5. The German national innovation ecosystem 6. The French national innovation ecosystem 7. The Spanish national innovation ecosystem 8. The health industry innovation ecosystem in the of Ontario, Canada 9. The innovation ecosystem in Shanghai, China 10. The Singaporian national innovation ecosystem 11. Conclusion: A Comparison of national & regional innovation ecosystems Epilog: Systems mindset as foundations for policy References IndexTrade Review'Frenkel and Maital provide a ground-breaking deeply-delving study of innovation systems, offering guidance for decision-making practitioners that links theory with case-based learning opportunities.' --Michael Radnor, Chairman and co-founder, Global Advanced Technology Innovation Consortium (GATIC)'A must read for national policy makers, this book highlights the role of innovation in overall economic wellbeing and the importance of a system-based approach to designing national innovation policies' --Brendan Cahill, Partner, BearingPoint'Every national innovation ecosystem is based on the country's history, culture, people and environment. This book is essential reading for policy-makers in any region or nation, especially for nations such as China, in the process of developing an innovation-based economy.' --Gu Peihua, Provost, Shantou University, ChinaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Towards national innovation system 2. Method for mapping innovation ecosystems 3. The Israeli national innovation ecosystem 4. The Polish national innovation ecosystem 5. The German national innovation ecosystem 6. The French national innovation ecosystem 7. The Spanish national innovation ecosystem 8. The health industry innovation ecosystem in the of Ontario, Canada 9. The innovation ecosystem in Shanghai, China 10. The Singaporian national innovation ecosystem 11. Conclusion: A Comparison of national & regional innovation ecosystems Epilog: Systems mindset as foundations for policy References Index

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Book SynopsisThis Companion provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview and critical evaluation of existing conceptualizations and new developments in innovation research. Arguing that innovation research requires inter- and trans-disciplinary explanations and methodological pluralism at various levels, it draws on multiple perspectives of innovation, knowledge and creativity from economics, geography, history, management, political science and sociology. The Companion provides the definitive guide to the field and introduces new approaches, perspectives and developments.The Companion systematically analyzes the challenges, problems and gaps in innovation research. Leading scholars reflect upon and critically assess the fundamental topics of the field, including: innovation as a concept innovation and institutions innovation and creativity innovation, networking and communities innovation in permanent spatial settings innovation in temporary and virtual settings innovation, entrepreneurship and market making innovation governance and management. Innovation researchers and students in economics, economic geography, industrial sociology, innovation studies, international business, management and political science will find the Companion to be an essential resource. It will also appeal to practitioners in innovation and policy makers in economic development, public policy and innovation policy.Contributors include: H. Bathelt, N. Bradford, T. Burger-Helmchen, M. Callon, U. Cantner, P. Cohendet, D.H. Cropley, L. D'Adderio, P. Desrochers, U. Dewald, G. Dosi, D. Dougherty, J.Y. Douglas, J.R. Faulconbridge, M.P. Feldman, M. Ferrary, D. Foray, N. Geilinger, E. Giuliani, J. Glückler, B. Godin, F. Golfetto, G. Grabher, M. Granovetter, S. Haefliger, I. Hamdan-Livramento, A.B. Hargadon, A. Hatchuel, S. Henn, J.-A. Heraud, A.J. Herod, C. Hussler, O. Ibert, A. Lagendijk, P. Le Masson, S. Leppälä, D. Leslie, S. Lhuillery, P. Li, N. Lowe, B.-Å. Lundvall, E.J. Maelecki, L. Marengo, S. McGrath-Champ, J. Merkel, S. Ogawa, F. Pachidou, G. Parmentier, J. Penin, G. Pickren, A.C. Pratt, J. Raffo, A. Rainnie, A. Rallet, N.M. Rantisi, D. Rinallo, J. Roberts, R.G. Shearmur, L. Simon, B. Sinclair-Desgagné, B. Spigel, J. Szurmak, A. Torre, B. Truffer, A. Van Assche, W. Vanhaverbeke, S. Vannuccini, C. Vellera, E. Vernette, G. von Krogh, B. Weil, D.A. WolfeTrade Review'This very wide-ranging selection of chapters reflects a much broader outlook than most other Innovation research collections. It is not wedded to any school or discipline, yet it draws on relevant ideas from virtually all of them. It is an ideal companion for a reader interested in the various new perspectives on innovation that have emerged recently and how these are connected to established themes, or the reader interested in developing a more interdisciplinary appreciation of the subject area.' --John Cantwell, Rutgers University, US'This is an innovative book on innovation. It innovates through the organisation of the subject achieved by the four editors. It digs into innovation as a concept, as institutions, as creativity, channeled through temporary and permanent organisations, shaping markets and dialoguing with entrepreneurship, and as embedded in places and networks. The contributions are not just hagiographies. All have critical thinking, questioning categories and data and findings. These are reasons why this book will become the essential reference in the field.' --Michael Storper, The London School of Economics, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Innovation and Knowledge Creation: Challenges to the Field Harald Bathelt, Patrick Cohendet, Sebastian Henn and Laurent Simon PART I. INNOVATION AS A CONCEPT 2. A Conceptual History of Innovation Benoit Godin 3. Concepts and Models of Innovation Patrick Cohendet and Laurent Simon 4. Science and Innovation Jean-Alain Héraud 5. Reverse Innovation Thierry Burger-Helmchem and Caroline Hussler 6. Broadening the Concept of Open Innovation Wim Vanhaverbeke 7. Measurement of Innovation Stephane Lhuillery, Julio Raffo and Intan Hamdan-Livramento PART II. INNOVATION AND INSTITUTIONS 8. Institutional Context and Innovation Johannes Glückler and Harald Bathelt 9. Innovation in Practice Deborah Dougherty 10. Domesticating Innovation – Designing Revolutions Yellowlees Douglas and Andrew Hargadon 11. Innovation and Lock-in Uwe Cantner and Simone Vannuccini 12. Patents and Open Innovation Julien Pénin PART III. INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY 13. Managing Knowledge, Creativity, and Innovation Patrick Cohendet, Guy Parmentier and Laurent Simon 14. Urban Diversity and Innovation Pierre Desrochers, Samuli Leppala and Joanna Szurmak 15. Innovation and the Cultural Economy Andy C. Pratt 16. Innovation and Cultural Industries Deborah Leslie and Norma M. Rantisi 17. Services and Innovation Johannes Glückler 18. Design Theories, Creativity and Innovation Pascal Le Masson, Armand Hatchuel and Benoit Weil 19. The Dark Side of Creativity David H. Cropley PART IV. INNOVATION, NETWORKING AND COMMUNITIES 20. Social Networks and Innovation Michel Ferrary and Mark Granovetter 21. Community, Creativity and Innovation Joanne Roberts 22. Industrial Clusters in Global Networks Elisa Giuliani 23. The User Innovation Phenomenon Cyrielle Vellera, Eric Vernette and Susumu Ogawa 24. Horizontal Learning Pengfei Li 25. Innovation versus Technological Achievement Dominique Foray PART V. INNOVATION IN PERMANENT SPATIAL SETTINGS 26. Geography of Innovation, Proximity and Beyond Alain Rallet and André Torre 27. Urban Bias in Innovation Studies Richard Shearmur 28. National and Regional Innovation Systems Harald Bathelt and Sebastian Henn 29. National Innovation Systems and Globalization Bengt-Åke Lundvall 30. Innovation, Regional Development and Relationality Arnoud Lagendijk PART VI. INNOVATION IN TEMPORARY AND VIRTUAL SETTINGS 31. Trade Fairs and Innovation Harald Bathelt 32. Innovation through Trade Show Concertation Francesca Golfetto and Diego Rinallo 33. Knowledge Collaboration in Hybrid Virtual Communities Gernot Grabher and Oliver Ibert 34. Performativity and the Innovation-Replication Dilemma Luciana D’Adderio 35. Coworking and Innovation Janet Merkel PART VII. INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MARKET MAKING 36. Markets, Marketization and Innovation Michel Callon 37. Market Formation and Innovation Systems Ulrich Dewald and Bernard Truffer 38. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Edward J. Malecki and Ben Spigel 39. Transnational Entrepreneurs and Global Knowledge Transfer Sebastian Henn and Harald Bathelt 40. Institutional Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Alzheimer's Disease Treatment Nina Geilinger, Stefan Haefliger, Georg von Krogh, and Fotini Pachidou PART VIII. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION 41. Relational Geographies of Knowledge and Innovation James R. Faulconbridge 42. Innovation, Governance and Place Maryann Feldman and Nichola Lowe 43. The Dynamics of Organizational Structures and Performances Giovanni Dosi and Luigi Marengo 44. Learning through Governance Neil Bradford and David A. Wolfe 45. Global Value Chains and Innovation Ari Van Assche 46. Innovation, Development and Global Destruction Networks Andrew Herod, Graham Pickren, Al Rainnie and Susan McGrath-Champ 47. Innovation and the Global Eco-Industry Bernard Sinclair-Desgagné Index

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Book SynopsisHuman beings create knowledge as a result of interaction with others. This book is devoted to the idea that collective knowledge management can be strategically promoted through these interactions in order to enhance a firm's competitiveness.Haruo H. Horaguchi explores a new perspective of knowledge management as an eco-system, a theory that explains why Japanese multinational enterprises lead the way for innovation in the 21st century. While the concept of personal knowledge through tacit knowing describes how knowledge is understood as input for individuals, the concept of collective knowledge management contributes to the creation of intellectual resources for firms. This book provides a critical assessment of the classic theories of innovation and an intensive empirical study on industrial agglomeration and collective intelligence. It then goes on to offer a new theory of management.This book will appeal to academics and students of business and management, business administration, sociology and organizational behavior. It will also be of great interest to managers and business-owners looking at new methods of promoting knowledge in the workforce.Contents: Preface 1. Knowledge and Capabilities in Business Management: The Risks of Tacit Knowledge 2. Collective Strategy and Collective Knowledge 3. Shared Knowledge 4. Symbiotic Knowledge 5. Local Knowledge 6. Common Knowledge 7. Collective Knowledge and Collective Strategy in the Intelligent Society: Extension for the International Business Strategy IndexTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Knowledge and Capabilities in Business Management: The Risks of Tacit Knowledge 2. Collective Strategy and Collective Knowledge 3. Shared Knowledge 4. Symbiotic Knowledge 5. Local Knowledge 6. Common Knowledge 7. Collective Knowledge and Collective Strategy in the Intelligent Society: Extension for the International Business Strategy Index

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Book SynopsisHow does one implement highly creative ideas in the workplace? Though creativity fuels modern businesses and organizations, capitalizing on creativity is still a relatively unchartered territory. The crux of this issue is explored as contributors present and analyze remedies for capitalizing on highly creative ideas.Editors Miha Skerlavaj, Matej Cerne, Anders Dysvik and Arne Carlsen have gathered a large network of contributors across four continents to craft this relevant, evidence-based and holistic text. Multiple levels, methods, approaches and perspectives are all considered while focusing on a single research question. Chapters feature a combination of research-based materials, stories and short cases to show what can be done to implement highly creative ideas in the workplace.This extremely relevant subject will be of interest to a large number of organizations worldwide that are looking to tap into the potential of highly creative and possibly useful ideas to build their competitive advantage. Specifically, management consultants in Human Resource Management, innovation, creativity, coaching, and/or leadership will find this book useful. It can also be used in Innovation Management MSc and MBA courses, executive education courses, as well as for PhD researchers and innovation management scholars.Contributors: D. Aleksic, B. Balboni, S. Batistic, T. Bednall, S. Bogilovic, G. Bortoluzzi, B. Brogger, R. Buch, A. Carlsen, M. Cerne, A. Dysvik, N. Escriba-Carda, A. Giudici, S. Harrison, T. Hernaus, T. Hoholm, J. Hudovernik, P. Hull Kristensen, A. Hvidsten, M. Jaklic, R. Kase, J. Krapez Trost, B. Kuvaas, A. La Rocca, V.C. Lin, M. Lotz, B.E. Mork, A.S. Nabergoj, C.G.L. Nerstad, P. Parycek, A. Pustovrh, I. Rauth, K. Sanders, R. Schoellhammer, J. Schossböck, H. Shipton, M. Skerlavaj, J. Sumanth, A. Tracogna, L. Valikangas, S.I. Wong, I. ZupicTrade Review'Capitalizing on creativity requires a nuanced understanding of the people, the processes, and the ideas that drive innovation. This book provides a multi-dimensional view of what we know about creativity at work that allows the reader to not only delve deeply into a single aspect but allows readers to examine this topic from different perspectives and levels. The individual chapters provide state-of-the-art insights, but the framework of this text produces a resource which is truly greater than a sum of its parts. A timely integration of contemporary thinking about how to capitalize on creativity at work.' --Jim Berry, UCL School of Management, UK'In their book, Capitalizing on Creativity at Work, Miha Skerlavaj, Matej Cerne, Anders Dysvik and Arne Carlsen have produced an exhaustive and engaging text that will be essential reading for all researchers interested and fascinated by creativity as a core and essential process at all levels of organising, from the individual to organisational levels and beyond. Taking us on a journey through approaches to creativity at work, they provide us with a process perspective and an integrated framework that is both novel and useful. This is an important contribution to the field and one that will have an enduring impact not only to research and theory, but also on practice and especially, innovation policy.' --Tyrone Pitsis, Leeds University Business School, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Capitalizing on creativity: on enablers and barriers Matej Černe, Arne Carlsen, Miha Škerlavaj and Anders Dysvik PART I WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT AS INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES? 2. Job design at the crossroads: from ‘creative’ jobs to ‘innovative’ jobs Tomislav Hernaus 3. The flow of creativity for idea implementation Darija Aleksić, Miha Škerlavaj and Anders Dysvik 4. Idea implementation and cultural intelligence Sabina Bogilović, Miha Škerlavaj and Sut I Wong Humborstad PART II WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT AS TEAMS? 5. This idea rocks! Idea championing in teams Matej Černe, Robert Kaše and Miha Škerlavaj 6. Should our heart rule our head? Team innovation through intuition and rationality Jana Krapež Trošt and Miha Škerlavaj 7. Fueling, curating, connecting and fascinating: why and how creativity provokes curiosity Spencer Harrison 8. Social-contextual forces and innovative work: a motivational climate perspective Christina G.L. Nerstad PART III WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT AS LEADERS? 9. Supportive supervision: a crucial factor for unlocking the potential of highly creative ideas perspective Matej Černe, Miha Škerlavaj and Anders Dysvik 10. Economic and social leader–member exchange, and creativity at work Robert Buch and Bård Kuvaas 11. Everything in moderation: authentic leadership, leader–member exchange and idea implementation Matej Černe, John Sumanth and Miha Škerlavaj PART IV WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT AS ORGANIZATIONS? 12. Creativity that works: implementing discovery Arne Carlsen and Liisa Välikangas 13. Designing and implementing innovative business models Ivan Župič and Alessandro Giudici 14. Idea implementation as a relational phenomenon: a social network perspective Saša Batistič and Robert Kaše 15. Proactive employee behaviors and idea implementation: three automotive industry cases Janez Hudovernik, Miha Škerlavaj and Matej Černe 16. Design thinking workshops: a way to facilitate sensemaking and idea development across organizational levels Ingo Rauth and Anja Svetina Nabergoj 17. Business model evolution and the growth of innovative new ventures: evidence from the Italian system Andrea Tracogna, Bernardo Balboni and Guido Bortoluzzi 18. Beyond creativity: implementing innovative ideas through human resource management Helen Shipton, Karin Sanders, Tim Bednall, Veronica (Cai-Hui) Lin and Naiara Escribá-Carda 19. Organizing for co-creation and multi-polar learning communities Maja Lotz and Peer Hull Kristensen 20. Making innovations work locally: the role of creativity Antonella La Rocca, Adeline Hvidsten and Thomas Hoholm 21. From breakthroughs in knowledge to integration in medical practices Bjørn Erik Mørk and Thomas Hoholm PART V WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT AS INNOVATION POLICY-MAKERS? 22. Adjusting national innovation policies to support open and networked innovation systems Marko Jaklič and Aleš Pustovrh 23. Government ideation systems Peter Parycek, Ralph Schoellhammer and Judith Schossböck 24. Creation of a social media social venture Benedicte Brøgger PART VI WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN? 25. Succeeding with capitalizing on creativity: an integrative framework Miha Škerlavaj, Anders Dysvik, Matej Černe and Arne Carlsen Index

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Book SynopsisEngaging and innovative, User Generated Law offers a new perspective on the study of intellectual property law. Shifting research away from the study of statutory law, contributions from leading scholars explore why and how self-regulation of intellectual property rights in a knowledge society emerges and develops. Analyzing examples of self-regulation in the intellectual property law-based industries such as collective management of copyrights and patent rights, open source licenses, domain name law and enforcement of intellectual property rights, this book evaluates to what extent user generated law is an accurate model for explaining and understanding this process. It also considers its interaction with the framework conditions of the statutory law upon which it is built and the subsequent redefinition of legal positions for affected parties.With its original stance on understanding and construing intellectual property law, User Generated Law will appeal to students and scholars studying in this area as well as in legal governance and legal theory. Its evaluative approach also lends itself to policy makers and practitioners.Contributors include: O. Kokoulina, B. Lundqvist, M.J. Madison, T. Minssen, C.S. Petersen, T. Riis, O.-A. Rognstad, J. Schovsbo, S.F. Schwemer, H. Udsen, E. van ZimmerenTrade ReviewUser Generated Law contains fascinating insights into how models of self-regulation in the IP sector have developed, and how they operate within the State enacted framework. The authors take a number of case studies within different IP fields including collective management and extended collective licenses, cross-border online licensing, patent pools and clearinghouses, and domain names to examine what forces are at play that encourage the emergence of 'autonomy spaces', spaces that the authors argue are present where public policy considerations play only a small role in the overall framework. It is in these spaces that the self-regulatory models can thrive. This book contains thought-provoking contributions that should cause the reader to review our IP framework and to re-think how user-generated law might operate to the benefit of the stakeholders.' --Charlotte Waelde, University of Exeter, UK'As the classic science fiction film Tron notes, we need to fight for the users. This collection does just that in its exploration of user generated law. In particular, it examines the rise of the commons open source licensing, patent clearinghouses, patent pools, the private regulation of internet domain names, and cross border licensing. The collection is particularly significant given the significant evolution of user generated law in our knowledge ecology.' --Matthew Rimmer, Queensland University of Technology, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. User Generated Law. Re-constructing Intellectual Property Law in a Knowledge Society Thomas Riis 2. Information Abundance and Knowledge Commons Michael J. Madison 3. Collective Agreements for the Clearance of Copyrights – The Case of Collective Management and Extended Collective Licenses Thomas Riis, Ole-Andreas Rognstad and Jens Schovsbo 4. Emerging Models for Cross-border Online Licensing Sebastian Felix Schwemer 5. Open Source Licenses Henrik Udsen 6. IP Coordination Models: Revealing some of the “Magic” behind Patent Pools and Clearinghouses? Esther van Zimmeren 7. More competition-law-FRANDly IPR policies: A Solution to SSOs’ Problems of Self-governance? Olga Kokoulina and Timo Minssen 8. “The Rise of Standardization and the Limits of Self-Governance”: Unilateral Conduct under International Standards from an EU Competition Law Perspective Björn Lundqvist 9. The Private Legal Governance of Domain Names Jens Schovsbo 10. Private Enforcement of IP Law by Internet Service Providers: Notice and Action Procedures Clement Salung Petersen and Thomas Riis Index

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Universities and Regional Development offers a comprehensive and up-to-date insight into how academic institutions impact and enhance their surroundings. It also sheds light on universities as regional development actors from a historical perspective, both by introducing institutional changes and highlighting the interrelatedness of society, business and academia. Chapters provide comprehensive investigations into knowledge transfer mechanisms to explore the diverse ways in which ideas and intellectual property can flow between universities and businesses. Detailed comparative case studies from across the globe expose the highly contextual nature of interactions between academic institutions and their regions. Regional studies scholars will find this Handbook offers a thorough analysis of the topic, as well as a range of key interpretations on the relationships between universities and regional development. Providing important policy recommendations aimed at creating improved relations between academic institutions and their environment, this thought-provoking Handbook is key reading for regional policy makers as well as university managers and administrators. Contributors include: S. Bagchi-Sen, P. Benneworth, M. Breul, Y. Cai, F. Eckardt, L. Edmunds, K. Erdós, H. Etzkowitz, M.P. Feldman, Z. Gál, H. Goldstein, R. Huggins, A. Inzelt, A. Johnston, H. Lawton Smith, A. Lyytinen, J. Manoel Carvalho de Mello, C. Martínez, P. McCann, L. Melo, E.I. Nwakpuda, R. Ortega-Argilés, P. Ptácek, V. Radinger-Peer, E. Rasmussen, T. Renault, J. Revilla Diez, S. Sedlacek, S. Slaughter, N.M. Sorber, R. Sternberg, V. Sterzi, B.J. Taylor, J. van den Broek, A. Varga, A. Vorderwülbecke, J. Wrana, P. Yang, S.R. YatesTrade Review‘The Handbook is a quality addition to the already deep literature on the topic of universities and regional development. Again, the focus is on the technology transfer and commercialization linkages and not broader areas of regional engagement that universities may possess. The Handbook could be a useful reference in a graduate seminar or a valuable addition to one's personal library.’ -- Frank J Calzonetti, Regional Science Policy & Practice'The Handbook of Universities and Regional Development provides a comprehensive and excellent overview of theoretical and empirical research on the role of universities as regional development actors. Its collection of studies provides a useful foundation for graduate students interested in the field, and offers stimulating reading for regional policymakers. Scholars interested in these topics should find this edited collection a source of inspiration for their own research.' -- Pablo D’Este, Regional Studies'This Handbook, on the role and different missions of universities in regional development, is long overdue. The renowned competence of the two editors - Attila Varga and Katalin Erdós - allow them to aptly select a number of outstanding contributions, providing a wide-ranging and critical overview of the cutting-edge theoretical and empirical research on universities as major players in regional economic development across a variety of geographies. An excellent and essential compendium for both graduate students and researchers interested in the field.' -- Simona Iammarino, London School of Economics, UK'By studying universities as actors in regional development and as sources of knowledge spillovers, the book provides an interesting picture of the contribution of such institutions to regional development. Universities are back on the scene as active players of the modern knowledge economy.' --Roberta Capello, Politecnico di Milano and Past President of RSAI, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 1 Katalin Erdős and Attila Varga PART I UNIVERSITIES AS ACTORS IN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2. A history of the American land-grant universities and regional development 11 Nathan M. Sorber 3. The second academic revolution : antecedents and consequences of academic entrepreneurship 29 Henry Etzkowitz 4. Universities and their economic and social contribution to regional development 44 Philip McCann and Raquel Ortega-Argilés 5. The transformative role of universities in regional innovation systems : lessons from university engagement in cross-border regions 54 Jos van den Broek, Franziska Eckardt and Paul Benneworth 6. Connections between universities and industry in the United States : trusteeship before and after the great recession 73 Sheila Slaughter and Barrett J. Taylor 7. Philanthropic support of higher education : major gifts from high net worth individuals 90 Emily I. Nwakpuda and Maryann P. Feldman PART II UNIVERSITY KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER MECHANISMS 8. University patenting and the quest for technology transfer policy models in Europe 111 Catalina Martínez and Valerio Sterzi 9. The regional impacts of university spin-offs : in what ways do spin-offs contribute to the region? 151 Einar Rasmussen 10. The under-researched role of alumni spin-off entrepreneurs in upgrading a university’s entrepreneurial support structure: essential ingredient or just a decorative accessory? 166 Arne Vorderwülbecke and Rolf Sternberg 11. Scientists as businessmen – can they, should they? 192 Katalin Erdős 12. Networks, innovation systems and the geography of university–industry linkages : the case of knowledge-intensive business services 210 Andrew Johnston and Robert Huggins PART III REGIONAL CASE STUDIES FROM THREE CONTINENTS 13. Universities, the bioscience sector and local economic development in Oxfordshire : challenges and opportunities 230 Helen Lawton Smith, Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen and Laurel Edmunds 14. The pathways and challenges of university engagement: comparative case studies 251 Harvey Goldstein, Verena Radinger-Peer and Sabine Sedlacek 15. The role of mid-range universities in knowledge transfer and regional development : the case of five central European regions 279 Zoltán Gál and Pavel Ptáček 16. Progress of academic knowledge-based entrepreneurship in three minor post- Soviet economies 301 Annamária Inzelt 17. The role of non-research universities in regional innovation systems in China 329 Yuzhuo Cai, Po Yang and Anu Lyytinen 18. Changing higher education systems through corporate social responsibility? ─ A study on multinational enterprises’ efforts to establish proto-institutions at Vietnamese universities 348 Jöran Wrana, Moritz Breul and Javier Revilla Diez 19. Universities and innovation habitats in Brazil : cases of the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro 370 Thiago Renault, Sérgio R. Yates, Leonardo Melo and José Manoel Carvalho de Mello Index 393

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Book SynopsisThis outstanding volume by Zoltán J. Ács, a leading expert on entrepreneurship and innovation, provides the perfect introduction to current thinking about entrepreneurship in the global economy. The topics are critical for people contemplating entrepreneurship and development; from knowledge diffusion to philanthropy, regional growth and the role of entrepreneurs in economic growth.'- Saul Estrin , London School of Economics and Political Science, UKThis book presents some of Zoltán J. Ács' most important contributions since the turn of the new millennium, with a particular intellectual focus on knowledge spillover entrepreneurship. It studies the evolution of global entrepreneurship and pays attention to the role of institutions and the incentives they create for economic agents who become either productive or unproductive entrepreneurs.For productive entrepreneurs, those that create wealth for themselves and for society, the author offers a knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship as a new way to help understand the entrepreneurial ecosystem. For those that create wealth only for themselves the author develops a theory of destructive entrepreneurship that undermines the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The book also presents an explanation of the role of philanthropy in reconstituting wealth to complete the circuits of capital in the theory of capitalist development. Finally, the author examines several public policy issues including immigration and technology transfer.This volume will be required reading for students and scholars of entrepreneurship, economics and public policy.Trade Review‘This book brings together much-admired pieces of literature to help us to understand the dynamics of global entrepreneurship, situating them within the formal institutions and systems of incentives in the countries and regions where they begin and shows how they are later expanded to larger markets. This book will also help the emerging economies to strategize their public policies for entrepreneurship development. This book is recommended to scholars and practitioners engaged in entrepreneurship research, or studying the entrepreneurial behaviors of global enterprises.’ -- Science & Public Policy‘This outstanding volume by Zoltán J. Ács, a leading expert on entrepreneurship and innovation, provides the perfect introduction to current thinking about entrepreneurship in the global economy. The topics are critical for people contemplating entrepreneurship and development; from knowledge diffusion to philanthropy, regional growth and the role of entrepreneurs in economic growth.’ -- Saul Estrin, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK‘This book brings together much-admired pieces of literature to help us to understand the dynamics of global entrepreneurship, situating them within the formal institutions and systems of incentives in the countries and regions where they begin and shows how they are later expanded to larger markets. This book will also help the emerging economies to strategize their public policies for entrepreneurship development.’ -- Science and Public PolicyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Zoltán J. Ács PART I INCENTIVES AND THE MANY FACES OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP 1. Sameeksha Desai, Zoltan J. Acs and Utz Weitzel (2012), ‘A Model of Destructive Entrepreneurship: Insight for Conflict and Postconflict Recovery’, Journal of Conflict Resolution, 57 (1), February, 20–40 2. Utz Weitzel, Diemo Urbig, Sameeksha Desai, Mark Sanders and Zoltan Acs (2010), ‘The Good, the Bad, and the Talented: Entrepreneurial Talent and Selfish Behavior’, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 76 (1), October, 64–81 3. Zoltan J. Acs, Mary C. Boardman and Connie L. McNeely (2013), ‘The Social Value of Productive Entrepreneurship’, Small Business Economics, 40 (3), April, 785–96 4. Zoltán J. Ács, László Szerb and Scott Jackson (2013), ‘Entrepreneurship in Africa through the Eyes of GEDI’, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, 14 (4), November, 219–34 PART II THE KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVER THEORY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP 5. Bo Carlsson, Zoltan J. Acs, David B. Audretsch and Pontus Braunerhjelm (2009), ‘Knowledge Creation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Growth: A Historical Review’, Industrial and Corporate Change, 18 (6), December, 1193-229 6. Pontus Braunerhjelm, Zoltan J. Acs, David B. Audretsch and Bo Carlsson (2010), ‘The Missing Link: Knowledge Diffusion and Entrepreneurship in Endogenous Growth’, Small Business Economics, 34 (2), February, 105–25 7. Zoltan J. Acs, Pontus Braunerhjelm, David B. Audretsch and Bo Carlsson (2009), ‘The Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship’, Small Business Economics, 32 (1), January, 15–30 8. Lawrence A. Plummer and Zoltan J. Acs (2014), ‘Localized Competition in the Knowledge Spillover Theory of Entrepreneurship’, Journal of Business Venturing, 29 (1), January, 151–36 9. Haifeng Qian and Zoltan J. Acs (2013), ‘An Absorptive Capacity Theory of Knowledge Spillover Entrepreneurship’, Small Business Economics, 40 (2), February, 185–97 10. Zoltan J. Acs and Mark W.J.L. Sanders (2013), ‘Knowledge Spillover Entrepreneurship in an Endogenous Growth Model’, Small Business Economics, 41 (4), December, 775–95 11. Zoltan J. Acs and Mark Sanders (2012), ‘Patents, Knowledge Spillover and Entrepreneurship’, Small Business Economics, 39 (4), November, 801–17 PART III CITIES, KNOWLEDGE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 12. Zoltan Acs, Niels Bosma and Rolf Sternberg (2010), ‘Entrepreneurship in World Cities’, in Maria Minniti (ed.), The Dynamics of Entrepreneurship: Evidence from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Data, Chapter 6, Oxford, UK and New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 125–51 13. Zoltan J. Acs and Siri Terjesen (2013), ‘Born Local: Toward a Theory of New Venture’s Choice of Internationalization’, Small Business Economics, 41 (3), October, 521–35 14. Haifeng Qian, Zoltan J. Acs and Roger R. Stough (2012), ‘Regional Systems of Entrepreneurship: The Nexus of Human Capital, Knowledge, and New Firm Formation’, Journal of Economic Geography, 13 (4), July, 559–87 15. Zoltán J. Ács, László Szerb, Raquel Ortega-Argilés, Ruta Aidis and Alicia Coduras (2014) ‘The Regional Application of the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Index (GEDI): The Case of Spain’, Regional Studies, 1–19 16. Zoltan J. Acs and Pamela Mueller (2008), ‘Employment Effects of Business Dynamics: Mice, Gazelles and Elephants’, Small Business Economics, 30 (1), January, 85–100 17. Zoltan Acs, Lawrence A. Plummer and Ryan Sutter (2009), ‘Penetrating the Knowledge Filter in Rustbelt Economies’, Annals of Regional Science, 43 (4), December, 989–1029 18. Zoltan J. Acs , Catherine Armington and Ting Zhang (2007), ‘The Determinants of New-Firm Survival Across Regional Economies: The Role of Human Capital Stock and Knowledge Spillover’, Annals of Regional Science, 86 (3), August, 367–91 PART IV COUNTRIES, INSTITUTIONS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 19. Philip McCann and Zoltan J. Acs (2011), ‘Globalization: Countries, Cities and Multinationals’, Regional Studies, 45 (1), January, 17–32 20. Pekka Stenholm, Zoltan J. Acs and Robert Wuebker, (2013), ‘Exploring Country Level Institutional Arrangements on the Rate and Type of Entrepreneurial Activity’, Journal of Business Venturing, 28 (1), January, 176–93 21. Erkko Autio and Zoltan Acs (2010), ‘Intellectual Property Protection and the Formation of Entrepreneurial Growth Aspiration’, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal, 4 (3), September, 234–51 22. Sonia Ketkar and Zoltan J. Acs (2013), ‘Where Angels Fear to Tread: Internationalization of Emerging Country SMEs’, Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 11 (3), September, 201–19 23. Soogwan Doh and Zoltan J. Acs (2010) ‘Innovation and Social Capital: A Cross-Country Investigation’, Industry and Innovation, 17 (3), June, 241–62 24. Zoltan J. Acs, Sameeksha Desai and Leora F. Klapper (2008) ‘What does “Entrepreneurship” Data Really Show?’, Small Business Economics, 31 (3), October, 265–81 PART V CAPITALISM, PHILANTHROPY AND DEMOCRACY 25. Zoltan J. Acs (2013), ‘“Entrepreneurial Capitalism” in Capitalist Development: Towards a Synthesis of Capitalist Development and the “Economy as a Whole”’, in Zoltan J. Acs, David B. Audretsch and Robert J. Strom (eds), Entrepreneurship, Growth, and Public Policy, Chapter 14, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 319–37 26. Philip Auerswald and Zoltan J. Acs (2009), ‘Defining Prosperity’, American Interest, IV (5), May/June, 1–9 27. Zoltan J. Acs (2014) ‘The Great Seasaw of Civilization’, Philanthropy Impact Magazine, 5, Spring, 15–18 PART VI INSTITUTIONS, INCENTIVES AND PUBLIC POLICY 28. Zoltán J. Ács, Erkko Autio and László Szerb (2014), ‘National Systems of Entrepreneurship: Measurement Issues and Policy Implications’, Research Policy, 43 (3), April, 476–94 29. Zoltan J. Acs (2009), ‘High-Impact Firms: Gazelles Revisited’, in Michael Fritsch (ed.), Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, Chapter 6, Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, 133–74 30. Zoltan J. Acs, Colm O’Gorman and Siri Terjesen (2007), ‘Could the Irish Miracle be Repeated in Hungary?’, Small Business Economics, 28 (2–3), March, 123–42 31. David M. Hart and Zoltan J. Acs (2011), ‘High-Tech Immigrant Entrepreneurs in the United States’, Economic Development Quarterly, 25 (2), May, 116–29 32. David J. Miller and Zoltan J. Acs (2014) ‘Technology Commercialization on Campus: Twentieth Century Frameworks and Twenty-First Century Blind Spots’, Annals of Regional Science, 50 (2), April, 407–23 Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely Handbook establishes the 'contextualization' of the learning organization idea as a research field.In contrast to much of the previous literature, which has approached the learning organization as a panacea that every organization could and should adopt, this major new Handbook puts the learning organization into context. It examines the relevance of the learning organization idea to organizations in various specific contexts, employing examples from a wide variety of cultures including China and Islamic nations, and from industries as diverse as the police force, care services for the elderly and family firms.Scholars and students with an interest in organizational learning will find this important Handbook enriching. Human resource practitioners will also find plenty of invaluable information in this resource.Contributors: C. Abrahamson Löfström, A. Ahmad, M. Babur, Y. Baruch, N. Birdthistle, D.A. Blackman, C. Blantern, P. Bogolyubov, T. Boydell, H.T.M. Bui, J. Burgoyne, X. Cong, D.J. Delgado-Hernández, M. Drobnjak, M. Easterby-Smith, Z. Fan, C. Filstad, T.N. Garavan, P. Gottschalk, J.F.L. Hong, S.-w. Hsu, D. Jamali, B. Li, Z. Li, M. Lin, C. Lloyd, D. McDowall, A. Örtenblad, C. Peng, Y. Sidani, R.S. Snell, C. Stothard, S. Talbot, M. Torokoff-Engelbrecht, K.E. Watkins, D. Weir, J. ZhouTrade ReviewÖrtenblad offers a contingency framework differentiating the idea of the learning organization as portrayed in research and practice to shed light on context as key to the idea's relevance. The contingency framework anchors chapter authors' interrogation into adaptation of enduring, underlying principles by divergent context - in industry, sector, national culture, religious orientation, and philosophical underpinnings. Readers will value analysis and synthesis of what is known from research as well as informed probing of what could be learned through the lens of provocative viewpoints. Scholars will appreciate Örtenblad's assessment of extant research and arguments made for ''researcher-assisted adaptation'' to balance rigid prescriptions with informed guidance in navigating contextual differences when deciding to enact the learning organization. --Victoria J. Marsick, Columbia UniversityThe handbook is a very well researched and excellent tool for anyone interested in the concept of learning, and particularly in the global organizational context. I highly recommend this book to managers of companies both large and small wanting to compete in the global landscape by highlighting the important learning that occurs in their organizations. --Vanessa Ratten, Thunderbird International Business ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Preface Anders Örtenblad PART I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND 1. Introduction: Putting the Learning Organization into Context: An Emerging Research Field Anders Örtenblad 2. What do we Mean by ‘Learning Organization’? Anders Örtenblad 3. Putting the Learning Organization into Context: Contributions from Previous Works Anders Örtenblad, Ziyun Fan, Chenghao Peng, Boying Li, Ziyan Li, Xiaoying Cong and Jie Zhou 4. Contextualizing the Learning Organization: Approaches to Research Design Anders Örtenblad 5. Obstacles to the Learning Organization David Weir and Anders Örtenblad PART II: THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION IN CONTEXT Section A. Culture and Religion 6. National Culture and the Learning Organization: An Integrative Framework Pavel Bogolyubov and Mark Easterby-Smith 7. Developing Learning Organizations in China Jacky F.L. Hong, Robin Stanley Snell and Mian Lin 8. Learning Organization Practices in Mexico: An Empirical Study David Joaquín Delgado-Hernández and Made Torokoff-Engelbrecht 9. Islamic Perspective of the Learning Organization Aini Ahmad Section B. Industries and Sectors 10. Learning, Trust and Change within the Australian Army: The Development of the Army Learning Organization Questionnaire (ALOQ) Maya Drobnjak, Christina Stothard, Steven Talbot, Karen E. Watkins and Denise McDowall 11. The Police Force: To be or not to be a Learning Organization? Cathrine Filstad and Petter Gottschalk 12. The Learning Organization in Elderly Care – Can it Fit? Carina Abrahamson Löfström 13. Family Firms as Learning Organizations Naomi Birdthistle and Thomas N. Garavan 14. Universities as Learning Organizations: Internationalization and Innovation Hong T.M. Bui and Yehuda Baruch Section C. Mixed Contexts 15. Public Sector Organizations as Learning Organizations: Insights from the Education System in Pakistan Muhammad Babur 16. The Learning Organization: Opportunities and Challenges for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Developing Countries Dima Jamali, Yusuf Sidani and Charissa Lloyd PART III: REFLECTIONS ON THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION 17. The Universality of Learning Company Principles: A Critical Realist Approach John Burgoyne 18. Who is the Learning Organization For? A Stakeholder Contingency Approach to Contextualizing Managerial Panaceas Anders Örtenblad 19. ‘The Learning Organization’ – Drop the Dead Metaphor! Performing Organizing and Learning in Networks (So to Speak) Chris Blantern, Tom Boydell and John Burgoyne 20. Alternative Learning Organization Shih-wei Hsu 21. Contextualising the Learning Organization: How will it Help us Learn in the Future? Deborah Ann Blackman 22. Towards a Contingency Model: Recommendations for Further Research Anders Örtenblad Index

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Book SynopsisThis essential Research Handbook examines the state-of-the-art methodologies being applied to the expanding field of intellectual capital (IC) research. It offers an overview of the contemporary issues and methods in the field, providing insight and inspiration for emerging and established academics in their own research.Featuring contributions from a variety of renowned international scholars in the area, the Research Handbook is divided into four parts, outlining the four main methodological routes taken by current IC research. First, chapters discuss content analysis and offer future perspectives for advancing such studies. The book then examines fruitful avenues for IC visualization studies, before critiquing and furthering IC value added and IC efficiency measurement studies. Finally, it analyses and offers novel approaches for studying and intervening with IC and value creation.This Research Handbook will be a vital resource for scholars and students of business and management entering the field of intellectual capital, whether they are established academics with a renewed interest in the subject or just starting their research careers.Trade Review‘This is an invaluable resource for both new and seasoned scholars interested in the field of intellectual capital (IC). The impressive range of topics arranged under the four themes – content analysis, visual methodologies, Value Added Intellectual Capital (VAIC) and novel approaches – does not only highlight some of the critical issues in measuring IC but also offer some fresh approach that can be adopted when researching IC.’ -- Roszaini Haniffa, Heriot-Watt University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Leif Edvinsson xi Introduction: welcome to the world of intellectual capital 1 John Dumay, Christian Nielsen and Morten Lund PART I CONTENT ANALYSIS 1 Investigating intellectual capital disclosure through content analysis: reflections and suggestions for future research 6 Laura Bini and Francesco Giunta 2 Has content analysis on intellectual capital reporting reached an impasse? 30 Viktoria Goebel 3 Validity in content analysis-based intellectual capital disclosure research: a critical review 49 Subhash Abhayawansa, Zihan Liu and James Guthrie 4 Intellectual capital research: European versus North American approaches 71 Henri Hussinki, Tatiana Garanina and John Dumay 5 Exploring the impact of intellectual capital narratives on corporate accountability 87 Alessandro Lai, Giulia Leoni and Riccardo Stacchezzini 6 Deductive versus inductive content analysis: a methodological research note to disclosures studies in intellectual capital research 109 Gunnar Rimmel and Michela Cordazzo 7 Assessing the value relevance of intellectual capital disclosure: are price-level models effective? 125 Lorenzo Simoni and Francesco Giunta PART II VISUAL METHODOLOGIES 8 Research methodologies for intellectual capital visual representations 154 Jan Michalak 9 Building causal maps in the intellectual capital domain: a methodological perspective 176 Marco Giuliani 10 Intellectual capital and pictorial disclosures analysis: an MIA (missing in action) interpretative paradigm 195 Paul Davis, Mary Low, Jackie Allen and Umesh Sharma PART III VALUE ADDED INTELLECTUAL COEFFICIENT (VAIC) 11 Knowledge-based organizations: an accounting point of view 220 Gianpaolo Iazzolino and Domenico Laise 12 Re-examination of the value added intellectual coefficient (VAICTM): a test of value relevance 236 Oren Mooneeapen, Subhash Abhayawansa and Dinesh Ramdhony 13 Measuring intellectual capital efficiency: going beyond the VAIC model 255 Muhammad Nadeem and Rashid Zaman PART IV NOVEL APPROACHES 14 An introduction to network analysis in intellectual capital research 274 Rosa Lombardi and Federico Schimperna 15 The usefulness of exercises for identifying critical IC in organizations 290 Susanne Durst 16 Interventionist research into value creation mechanisms 304 Christian Nielsen and Morten Lund 17 Combining the measurement and management approaches: the fuzzy logic methodology 329 Stefania Veltri 18 Operationalising the resource-based view of the firm 353 Göran Roos Index 386

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Book SynopsisKey elements of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) deal with temporary labor mobility. Ideally, NAFTA status provisions should make the temporary movement of professionals easier across the border of all NAFTA countries. However, in the case of emerging sectors such as high technology and the creative industries, it is arguably not the case. Within the context of recent literature on cross-border trade, city regions, economic clusters, international labor mobility, and post-September 11 security measures, this book probes the dynamics of transitory immigration of 'knowledge-workers' between the North American west coast city regions of Vancouver, Seattle, and the greater San Francisco Bay and Silicon Valley area, namely, Cascadia. With particular attention given to the experiences and strategies of the high tech firms that must move highly skilled workers across the Canada-US border, this book draws from 80 in-depth interviews with Canadian and US immigration officials, immigration attorneys and executives and professional staff of new technology firms and Fortune 500 companies. It develops and presents new models towards the development of an innovation cross border region, and recommends new policy approaches. Ultimately, it explores whether or not the Canada-US border is an impediment to the development of cross-border high-tech clusters. This comprehensive book will serve as a critical resource for academics in geography; political science; international relations; global studies; economics; international business and law. It will also strongly appeal to practitioners such as professional immigration lawyers, corporate firms, and governmental policy makers alike.Trade Review'Knowledge Borders is required reading for anyone engaged in the pervasive and mobile world of highly skilled workers in advanced technologies. Through a perceptive analysis of the intersection of the Canada-US border, with the technology economy in the Seattle-Vancouver corridor and Silicon Valley, this study evaluates the efficacy of the NAFTA in facilitating professional cross-border movement in the North American west coast region. Kathrine Richardson draws from deep understanding of how borders work, informed comparison with other cross-border trade regions, and extensive interviews to assess how firms, immigration officials and immigration attorneys interpret NAFTA provisions and tailor a regional skilled labor mobility regime.' --Victor Konrad, Carleton University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: PART I GENERAL INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW 1. Introduction 2. Borders and the Movement of the Highly Skilled 3. The Cascadia region in its Wider Context Part II THE EMPIRICAL WORK 4. The Firms 5. The Immigration Officials 6. The Immigration Attorneys Part III THE CONCLUSION 7. Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisKnowledge management is a strategic issue for companies, and international standards such as ISO recently integrate it into its requirements. However, it is still an ill-defined concept, and methodologies to implement it are not very well known. This book is the result of over twenty years of research in different labs and application in a wide range of public or private companies around the world. It gives a global and coherent view both from the theoretical and practical point of views.Table of ContentsPreface ix Part 1 Theoretical Elements 1 Chapter 1 A Knowledge Value Chain 3 1.1 Introduction 3 1.2 Different KVCs 4 1.3 The DIKW model 8 1.4 KVC and management 13 1.5 Transformation processes in the KVC 15 1.6 Practical application 19 1.7 Conclusion 22 Chapter 2 The Knowledge Capital of a Company 23 2.1 Introduction 23 2.1.1 The accumulation of knowledge 23 2.1.2 The company as knowledge producer 24 2.2 Modeling a company as a knowledge producer 25 2.2.1 Systemic modeling 25 2.2.2 The “black box” model 26 2.2.3 The “division of labor” model 27 2.2.4 The informational model 27 2.2.5 The knowledge capital model 28 2.2.6 The knowledge capital and knowledge actors model 31 2.2.7 Integration of customer knowledge and external knowledge into the AIK model 33 2.3 The operators of the AIK model 35 2.3.1 The Wenger operator 35 2.3.2 The Nonaka operators 35 2.3.3 Integration of the Nonaka theory into the AIK model 37 2.4 Tacit/explicit knowledge and knowledge communities 39 2.5 Mapping as a modeling tool to steer the AIK system 41 2.6 Practical application 43 2.7 Conclusion 45 Chapter 3 The Structure of Knowledge 47 3.1 Introduction 47 3.2 The semiotic triangle of knowledge 48 3.3 The systemic triangle of knowledge 52 3.4 The knowledge macroscope 54 3.4.1 Knowledge and information 55 3.4.2 Knowledge and meaning 56 3.4.3 Knowledge and context 57 3.5 Practical application 59 3.6 Conclusion 64 Chapter 4 Shannon’s Theory of Knowledge 65 4.1 Introduction 65 4.2 Some definitions and notations 66 4.2.1 The basic unit of knowledge 66 4.2.2 Measuring knowledge 68 4.2.3 Quantity of knowledge in a corpus 69 4.3 Measurement of the quantity of information in a corpus 70 4.4 Measurement of the quantity of meaning in a corpus 75 4.4.1 Definitions and notations 75 4.4.2 Quantitative characterization of semantic graphs: Gurevich entropy 76 4.5 Measurement of usage context in a corpus 83 4.5.1 Introduction 83 4.5.2 Social networks 84 4.5.3 Hierarchical small-world networks 86 4.5.4 Scale-free networks 89 4.5.5 Quantitative characterization of the usage graph of a corpus 90 4.6 Practical application 91 4.7 Conclusion 93 Part 2 Practical Elements 97 Chapter 5 A New Approach to KM 99 5.1 Introduction 99 5.2 Two examples of KM standardization 100 5.2.1 KM and international standardization 100 5.2.2 KM in the nuclear domain 101 5.3 The French Knowledge Management Club 103 5.4 Conclusion 105 Chapter 6 A Framework for Knowledge-based KM 107 6.1 Introduction 107 6.2 The Daisy Model 108 6.3 Building a KM process framework 110 6.4 Conclusion 113 Chapter 7 KM: From Strategy to Implementation 115 7.1 Introduction 115 7.2 Framing a KM project 116 7.2.1 The objectives 116 7.2.2 Responsibilities and roles 117 7.2.3 Resources 119 7.2.4 Internal communication 119 7.2.5 Connections between KM and other company issues 119 7.2.6 Other subjects of interest to consider 121 7.3 Implementing the KM project 121 7.4 Monitoring the KM system 124 7.5 Conclusion 125 Chapter 8 Analyzing Knowledge Capital and Elaborating a KM Plan 127 8.1 Introduction 127 8.2 Tools for analyzing knowledge capital 128 8.2.1 Maps 128 8.2.2 The knowledge criticality analysis grid 129 8.3 The knowledge capital analysis process 132 8.3.1 Step 1: analyzing critical capacities 132 8.3.2 Step 2: analyzing critical knowledge 134 8.3.3 Step 3: strategic alignment 137 8.3.4 Step 4: elaborating a KM plan 139 8.4 Conclusion 142 Chapter 9 Implementing the KM Plan 143 9.1 Introduction 143 9.2 Knowledge organization 144 9.2.1 Tangible resources (explicit knowledge) 144 9.2.2 Intangible resources (tacit knowledge) 145 9.2.3 New knowledge resource additions 146 9.3 Knowledge codification 147 9.3.1 Lessons learned 148 9.3.2 Knowledge-based documents 149 9.3.3 Knowledge books 159 9.4 Knowledge sharing 179 9.4.1 Knowledge communities or communities of practice 179 9.4.2 Knowledge transfer 184 9.5 Knowledge search 193 9.5.1 Knowledge search and information retrieval 194 9.5.2 The knowledge search process 196 9.5.3 The challenge of KM in knowledge search 198 9.6 Knowledge creation 200 9.6.1 Knowledge creation and innovation 200 9.6.2 Knowledge-based innovation 202 9.6.3 Evaluating the maturity of the innovation process 207 9.7 Conclusion 209 Bibliography 211 Index 219

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Book SynopsisThoroughly grounded in an extensive body of international research and analysis, this book investigates the concepts surrounding a firm’s knowledge capital. These concepts play an integral part in the evolution of economic and managerial thinking, particularly in relation to the themes of firm, knowledge and innovation. The author advocates a greater socialization of the production of knowledge capital that stands in contradiction to the strong appropriation strategies that are predominant today. This book presents a historical analysis of the facts with a strong basis in the recent literature in economics and innovation management as well as in case studies of CAC 40 companies that have been conducted over the course of the past few years. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements vii Foreword ix Introduction xiii Chapter 1 The Firm, Knowledge and Capital: Toward the Definition of Knowledge Capital 1 1.1 Innovation: definition, organization and measurement 1 1.1.1 “From vice to virtue”: the evolution of the definition for innovation 1 1.1.2 Typology of innovation: the contemporary definition 7 1.1.3 How are innovation activities organized? The innovation models 15 1.1.4 Measuring innovation 21 1.2 Knowledge capital: definition and roles 28 1.2.1 From scientific and technical knowledge to knowledge capital 28 1.2.2 The productive use of knowledge capital 35 1.3 The theoretical origins of knowledge capital 41 1.3.1 Contemporary theories of the firm and of innovation 41 1.3.2 The contribution of pioneer economists in the definition of knowledge capital 52 Chapter 2 The Building of the Knowledge Capital 61 2.1 The first forms of knowledge capital and the formation of national innovation systems 61 2.1.1 The science–technology relationship: from opposition to integration 61 2.1.2 The role of the State in the appropriation of scientific and technical information and knowledge 64 2.2 Multi-partner innovation and formation of knowledge capital 87 2.2.1 Network firm and multi-partner innovation 87 2.2.2 The formation of knowledge capital and multi-partner relations: open innovation 91 2.2.3 Public research in the service of knowledge capital 112 Chapter 3 The Knowledge Capital in Global Networks 123 3.1 The constitution of knowledge capital within global networks 123 3.1.1 From multinational to global production 125 3.1.2 Globalization of R&D and the broadening of the firm’s boundaries: the importance of networks 129 3.1.3 Opportunities and limits of the R&D globalization 140 3.2 Intellectual property rights (IPR) and knowledge capital 142 3.2.1 The new roles of intellectual property rights: between incentives, coordination and offensive use 145 3.2.2 The expansion of intellectual property 159 Conclusion 173 Postface 177 Bibliography 181 Index 211

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Book SynopsisOur world overwhelms us with more and more data everyday. Yet we need to face many challenges in order to deal with its complexity – notably to discern the essential from the accessory, to exploit quality and not quantity, to explore the depth of our knowledge and to produce from it, in a reasoned way, effective ideas to be put into action. A synthesis of a triple experience in industry, pedagogy and academia, Knowledge and Ideation presents numerous concepts, such as the dematerialized knowledge object, inventive intellectual heritage, inventive potential, and knowledge-based ideation. This book develops and describes applications in the form of case studies while proposing prospects.Table of ContentsForeword xiii Preface xvii Part 1 Inventive Knowledge and Inventive Intellectual Corpus 1 Chapter 1 Nature of Inventive Knowledge 3 1.1 Knowledge levels 3 1.1.1 Knowledge in everyday life 4 1.1.2 Scientific knowledge 4 1.1.3 Knowledge in the Japanese intellectual tradition 4 1.1.4 Knowledge according to cognitive science 5 1.2 The limits of knowledge 6 1.3 Value chain and knowledge evolution chain 7 1.3.1 The knowledge value chain inspired by Porter 7 1.3.2 The DIKW knowledge evolution chain 16 1.4 Inventive knowledge concepts 21 1.4.1 Current and fruitful ideas 21 1.4.2 Depth of inventive knowledge 22 1.5 Cognitive and social dimensions of the knowledge actor 22 1.5.1 From erudite (scholar) to expert 23 1.5.2 From expert to inventor 23 1.6 Conclusion 24 Chapter 2 Representation and Analysis of Inventive Knowledge 25 2.1 The concept of dematerialized knowledge object 25 2.1.1 Founding principle 25 2.1.2 Illustration by electromagnetic wave detection object 26 2.1.3 Application to the description included in patents 27 2.2 Cartography or mapping 28 2.2.1 Introduction 28 2.2.2 Information mapping 28 2.2.3 Knowledge mapping 29 2.3 The map 30 2.3.1 Introduction to the map 30 2.3.2 Types of maps 31 2.4 Cognitive mapping 32 2.5 The cognitive map 32 2.6 A reasoned procedure for analyzing inventive knowledge 35 2.6.1 Introduction 35 2.6.2 Work on a knowledge structure 36 2.6.3 Example of an invention file 37 2.7 Conclusion 40 Chapter 3 Knowledge: Bridge between Innovation, Invention and Intellectual Property 41 3.1 Innovation 41 3.1.1 Multidimensional aspect of innovation 41 3.1.2 Innovation procedures and processes 42 3.2 Invention and the ability to invent 44 3.2.1 Concept of inventiveness 44 3.2.2 Concept of creativity 44 3.2.3 Combining creativity and inventiveness 46 3.3 Intellectual property rights 46 3.3.1 General information on intellectual property rights and copyright 46 3.3.2 The patent 47 3.3.3 Summary 48 3.4 Analysis of the links between invention, innovation and inventive intellectual corpus 48 3.4.1 Links between industrial property rights and innovation 48 3.4.2 Links between industrial property rights and invention 49 3.4.3 Links between invention and intellectual property rights 51 3.4.4 Links between innovation and intellectual property rights 51 3.4.5 Links between invention and innovation 51 3.4.6 Links between innovation and invention 51 3.4.7 Reciprocal links of the inventive activity and the inventive intellectual corpus 51 3.5 The nature of the bridges between knowledge domains 53 3.5.1 The perspective of economists 54 3.5.2 The knowledge management perspective on innovation 54 3.5.3 The perspective of KBI (Knowledge-Based Innovation) 55 3.6 Conclusion 55 Chapter 4 Knowledge Capital and Inventive Intellectual Corpus 57 4.1 Knowledge capital and intellectual corpus 57 4.1.1 Knowledge capital 57 4.1.2 Intellectual corpus 57 4.2 Inventive intellectual corpus 64 4.2.1 Dematerialized nature of the inventive intellectual corpus 64 4.2.2 Epistemic diagram of the inventive intellectual corpus 64 4.2.3 Inventive intellectual corpus versus intangible capital 65 4.2.4 Inventive intellectual corpus and creation of inventive knowledge 65 4.2.5 Traces in the inventive intellectual corpus 68 4.3 Projection of the inventive intellectual corpus on the inventive knowledge map ® 69 4.4 Conclusion 71 Part 2 Knowledge-Based Innovation 75 Chapter 5 Innovation Dynamics and Innovation as a Mode of Innovative Problem Solving 77 5.1 Innovation dynamics 77 5.2 Using knowledge to find innovative solutions 79 5.2.1 Relationship between knowledge management and innovation within the general framework 79 5.2.2 Relationship between knowledge management and innovation within the context of research and development activities 83 5.2.3 Known knowledge management methods instrumenting innovation 83 5.3 Overview of some common methods and techniques 84 5.4 Innovation and knowledge evolution by the principle of divergence-convergence 85 5.5 Innovation and knowledge evolution by the principle of analogy 86 5.6 Innovation and knowledge evolution by the principle of expansion 87 5.7 Generalization: global problem-solving process 88 5.8 Conclusion 89 Chapter 6 Innovation in Ideation Mode 91 6.1 The concept of ideation 91 6.2 Knowledge-based innovation (KBI) field 91 6.2.1 Relationship between knowledge management and innovation 92 6.2.2 Management by the strategic capabilities portfolio 92 6.2.3 Knowledge-based innovation as a process 92 6.2.4 Two key hypotheses 93 6.2.5 Systemic evolution 94 6.2.6 Path dependency 96 6.3 Principle of emergence 97 6.3.1 Need for a new principle for creativity 97 6.3.2 Principle of emergence 98 6.4 Theoretical model of knowledge evolution (the “chaotically” inspired model of knowledge evolution by emergence) 100 6.4.1 Step 1: knowledge, a complex system 100 6.4.2 Step 2: knowledge creation, an evolution of the knowledge system 101 6.4.3 Step 3: description of knowledge evolution by another complex system 102 6.4.4 Step 4: generalization of the evolution process to any complex system evolving over time 102 6.5 Theoretical model of inventive knowledge creation (step 5) 105 6.6 Instantiation of the “chaotically” inspired model of knowledge evolution by the ICAROS ® method (step 6) 107 6.7 The purpose of ideation for innovation 110 6.8 Conclusion 110 Chapter 7 Implementation of the ICAROS ® Method: Case Study 113 7.1 Introduction to the case study 113 7.2 Funnel model 113 7.3 Presentation of the experiment context 114 7.3.1 Concept of Knowledge and Technology Areas Portfolio 115 7.3.2 Adaptation of the Knowledge and Technology Areas Portfolio concept to the company under observation: the Knowledge and Technology Areas Portfolio 117 7.4 Preliminary step: constitution of cognitive stimulus 118 7.4.1 Structuring of the intellectual corpus by knowledge domain 118 7.4.2 Development of cognitive stimulus 124 7.5 Course 130 7.5.1 Individual stimulation session 131 7.5.2 Seminar 137 7.5.3 Dissemination 147 7.6 Conclusion in the form of lessons learned 147 Part 3 Inventive Activity and Visibility of Inventive Potential 151 Chapter 8 The Inventive Potential of a Company 153 8.1 Reminder on inventive activity 153 8.2 Notion of inventive potential 154 8.3 Annual innovation and invention activity file 154 8.4 Concept of making the inventive potential visible 156 8.5 Inventive data knowledge base 158 8.6 Introduction to the activation of inventive knowledge extracted from inventive intellectual corpus 158 8.7 Conclusion 160 Chapter 9 Managerial Applications 161 9.1 Reasoned contribution to technical strategic decision-making support 161 9.2 Strategic surveillance 162 9.2.1 Introduction 162 9.2.2 The place of strategic surveillance in overall performance steering 162 9.2.3 Knowledge management and environment surveillance 165 9.2.4 Interaction between knowledge capital and its environment 166 9.2.5 Knowledge-based strategic surveillance 168 9.3 Information system on patent portfolio management 172 9.3.1 Introduction 173 9.3.2 The patent file considered as a knowledge object 173 9.3.3 Description of the patent information system 174 9.3.4 Descriptive sheet of a patent file 177 9.3.5 Presentation support for the inventor’s working file 178 9.3.6 Applications 178 9.4 Valorization of inventive activity associated with intangible assets 183 9.4.1 Limits of automated analysis of technical information contained in a patent portfolio 184 9.4.2 Limits to the quality of the drafting of patent files 186 9.4.3 Identification of the knowledge generated by the inventive activity involved in the patent 187 9.5 Publication policy 187 9.6 Determination of the inventive activity for the research tax credit 188 9.6.1 Industrial research and development 188 9.6.2 Characteristics of the research tax credit in France 189 9.6.3 Application of inventive knowledge engineering methods 191 9.7 Reasoned contribution to innovation management 195 9.8 The knowledge worker 196 9.8.1 Knowledge worker definitions 196 9.8.2 Characteristics of the knowledge worker 196 9.8.3 The knowledge worker in their relationship with the law 197 9.8.4 Knowledge Manager 199 9.9 A new profession: the inventive activity expert 202 9.10 The cognitive scientist and inventive activity expert pair 203 9.11 Need for a change in culture 203 9.11.1 Compatibility of conventional companies with the development of creativity 203 9.11.2 New knowledge-based organization 204 9.12 Conclusion 204 Part 4 Perspectives 207 Chapter 10 Knowledge Assessment Based on Knowledge 209 10.1 Introduction 209 10.2 Fundamental principles of knowledge management 212 10.2.1 The virtuous circle of knowledge management 212 10.2.2 Notion of critical knowledge 213 10.2.3 Reminder: ascent along the knowledge evolution chain 214 10.3 Reminder on the social mechanism for stimulating creativity and reflexivity 215 10.3.1 Reminder on the model of “chaotic” evolution 215 10.3.2 Instantiation of the creativity process: the ICAROS ® method 215 10.4 Transposition to the knowledge assessment field 216 10.4.1 Application of the fundamental principles of knowledge management 216 10.4.2 Application of the social mechanism of stimulation 217 10.5 Case study (2019–2020 academic year) 218 10.5.1 Context 218 10.5.2 Objectives of the action research 219 10.5.3 Preparation of the framework 219 10.5.4 Precautions taken with regard to students 221 10.5.5 Example of exercise subject terms 221 10.5.6 Analysis of the score database 224 10.5.7 Benefits of the analysis in the institution 231 10.5.8 Lessons learned and perspectives 231 10.6 Conclusion 232 Chapter 11 Towards an IKM ® : Inventive Knowledge Management 235 11.1 Introduction to the second level of the ICAROS ® method 235 11.1.1 Reminder on the first level of the ICAROS ® method 235 11.1.2 The second level of the ICAROS ® method 236 11.1.3 Notions of creativity 238 11.1.4 Contribution of creativity and inventiveness to ideation 246 11.2 Knowledge-based ideation 248 11.2.1 Introduction to the Idea according to Plato 248 11.2.2 Knowledge-based ideation and supervenience 249 11.2.3 Gestalt theory 252 11.2.4 Synthesis of knowledge-based ideation 258 11.3 Inventive profile engineering 259 11.4 Perspectives from the academic point of view 261 11.4.1 Inventive knowledge creation process as a study object in itself 261 11.4.2 Theoretical approach to knowledge by the physical sciences 261 11.4.3 Extension of the exploration to non-creativity 262 11.4.4 Reminder on the path hypothesis 262 11.5 Conclusion 263 Glossary 265 References 281 Index 295

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Book SynopsisSystems and Uses of Digital Sciences for Knowledge Organization is a large-scale scientific work that brings together researchers and R&D professionals to discuss ideas and actions in the organization of knowledge. The main objective of this book is to define collaborative strategies, use advanced technologies in multiple research fields and outline applications of knowledge organization and its cultural, education, economic and industrial potential.The organization of knowledge and advanced technologies (OCTA) asks the following questions: How can we strengthen alliances between multi-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary studies? How can we broaden our skills surrounding common objects of study? How can we innovate the solutions found and propose sustainable development to society confidently? This book is a result of intensive and collaborative work between highly respected scientific authors. The nine chapters that have been selected for this book have been peer-reviewed by the OCTA program committee, both as written submissions and when presented during the OCTA multi-conference on organization.Table of ContentsIntroduction xiSahbi SIDHOM and Amira KADDOUR Chapter 1 Multi-Agent System and Ontology to Manage Ideas and Represent Knowledge: Creativity Challenge 1Pedro Chávez BARRIOS, Davy MONTICOLO and Sahbi SIDHOM 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Multi-agent system (MAS) and ontology 3 1.2.1 MAS and ontology 3 1.2.2 MAS methodologies 5 1.2.3 Methodologies to design ontologies 6 1.3 MAS and ontology: our approach proposal 7 1.3.1 MAS methodology GAIA 7 1.3.2 Applying the ontology, Uschold’s ontology 8 1.4 Results 9 1.4.1 Multi-agent system results 9 1.4.2 Ontology results 13 1.5 Conclusion 16 1.6 Appendices 16 1.7 References 22 Chapter 2 Comparative Study of Educational Process Construction Supported by an Intelligent Tutoring System 27Walid BAYOUNES, Inès BAYOUDH S ADI and Hénda BEN GHÉZALA 2.1 Introduction 27 2.2 New view of educational process 28 2.2.1 Psycho-pedagogical level 30 2.2.2 Didactic level 30 2.2.3 Situational level 30 2.2.4 Online level 30 2.3 Definition framework 30 2.3.1 Didactic domain world 31 2.3.2 Instructional design world 32 2.3.3 Learning environment world 33 2.3.4 Learning situation world 34 2.4 Comparative study 34 2.4.1 Study scope 34 2.4.2 Description of systems 35 2.4.3 Specification of approaches 36 2.4.4 Study results and discussion 50 2.5 Conclusion and future works 51 2.6 References 52 Chapter 3 Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Recommender System Based on Users’ Reviews 55Mariem BRIKI, Sabrine BEN ABDRABBAH and Nahla BEN AMOR 3.1 Introduction 55 3.2 Multi-criteria decision-making 56 3.3 Basics of recommendation systems and related work 58 3.3.1 Recommender systems 58 3.3.2 Text mining-based recommendation systems 59 3.3.3 Multi-criteria recommender systems 60 3.4 New multi-criteria text-based recommendation system 62 3.4.1 Primary criterion-based recommendation system 62 3.4.2 Multi-criteria text mining-based recommendation system 66 3.5 Experimental study 67 3.5.1 Dataset and metrics 67 3.5.2 Evaluation metrics 68 3.5.3 Experimental protocol 69 3.5.4 Experimental results 70 3.6 Conclusion 71 3.7 References 72 Chapter 4 Spammer Detection Relying on Reviewer Behavior Features Under Uncertainty 75Malika BEN KHALIFA, Zied ELOUEDI and Eric LEFÈVRE 4.1 Introduction 75 4.2 Background 78 4.2.1 The belief function theory 78 4.2.2 Evidential K-nearest neighbors 80 4.3 Spammer detection relying on the reviewers’ behavioral features 81 4.3.1 Step 1: Features extraction 82 4.3.2 Step 2: Initialization and learning phase 87 4.3.3 Step 3: Distinguishing between innocent and spammer reviewers 88 4.4 Experimental study 89 4.4.1 Evaluation protocol 90 4.4.2 Results and discussion 91 4.5 Conclusion and future work 92 4.6 References 92 Chapter 5 Social Networking Application, Connections Between Visual Communication Systems and Personal Information on the Web 97Marilou KORDAHI 5.1 Introduction 97 5.2 Related published works 100 5.3 Pattern for the SignaComm, first approach 101 5.3.1 SignaComm’s context 102 5.3.2 SignaComm’s pattern 103 5.4 From text phrases to signagrams for the protection of personal data 107 5.4.1 Automatic translation 107 5.4.2 Dictionary of signagrams 109 5.5 SignaComm’s first technical test 110 5.5.1 Interface pattern 110 5.5.2 User profile pattern 111 5.5.3 Machine translation pattern 111 5.5.4 Activity pattern 113 5.6 Discussion and conclusion 113 5.7 Acknowledgment 114 5.8 References 114 Chapter 6 A New Approach of Texts and Writing Normalization for Arabic Knowledge Organization 119Hammou FADILI 6.1 Introduction 119 6.2 Motivation 120 6.3 Using a machine learning model 120 6.4 Technological elements integration 124 6.5 Corpus and dataset 126 6.6 Experiences and evaluations 127 6.6.1 Results 129 6.7 Conclusion 130 6.8 References 131 Chapter 7 Ebola Epidemic in the Congo 2018–2019: How Does Twitter Permit the Monitoring of Rumors? 137Marc TANTI 7.1 Introduction 137 7.2 Materials and methods 139 7.3 Results 143 7.3.1 Regarding the general public, the citizens 143 7.3.2 Regarding the experts 145 7.3.3 Regarding the media 146 7.3.4 Regarding the politicians 148 7.4 Conclusion 149 7.5 Acknowledgment 150 7.6 References 150 Chapter 8 From Human and Social Indexing to Automatic Indexing in the Era of Big Data and Open Data 153Nabil KHEMIRI and Sahbi SIDHOM 8.1 Introduction 153 8.2 Indexing definition 154 8.3 Manual indexing 155 8.4 Automatic indexing 156 8.4.1 Statistical indexing methods 156 8.4.2 Linguistic indexing methods 157 8.4.3 Semantic indexing 158 8.4.4 Social indexing 159 8.5 Indexing methods for Big Data and Open Data 159 8.6 Conclusion 161 8.7 References 161 Chapter 9 Strategies for the Sustainable Use of Digital Technology by the AWI in the Management of Knowledge and Cultural Communication on the “Arab World” 165Asma ABBASSI 9.1 Introduction 165 9.2 The Arab World Institute and the construction of knowledge around the “Arab World” in the West 166 9.3 The AWI’s digital communication strategies 168 9.4 The images built by the AWI and the question of feedback 176 9.5 The role of digital tools in sustainability and durability in the management of knowledge and communication at the AWI 178 9.6 Conclusion 180 9.7 References 181 List of Authors 185 Index 187

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Book SynopsisKnowledge Management as a popular management movement is about 25 years old and unsurprisingly it has inspired many theories, practices and methods. So much so, that it is sometimes difficult to define what it stands for. The Handbook of Research on Knowledge Management is an interesting and innovative volume that has appealing features to add to the discussion. It is consistently interesting, has a very wide diversity of contributing scholars and practitioners and has several useful and informative chapters on actual knowledge practices and situations. It also offers historical reflections as well as its own contingency theory of how to best go about working with knowledge. All in all this Handbook is a fine and original contribution to the literature.'- Laurence Prusak, founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Knowledge ManagementThis innovative Handbook widens our understanding of knowledge management, a field that has risen to prominence in recent decades. It collects contemporary insights from more than 30 contributors into the rich tapestry of knowledge management practices across a broad landscape of cultures and socio-political contexts. The contributors offer authoritative analyses to inform practical applications of knowledge management, along with provoking reinterpretations of its developmental potential to guide future innovation and research in this field.The starting point for discussion centers around establishing a common definition for knowledge management, a concept that has remained nebulous since its inception. Expert contributions examine the relevance of this common definition within various contexts, such as Buddhist organizations, law firms, the army and indigenous organizations. The contributors explore how knowledge management could be effectively applied in these very diverse contexts. Some contributors analyze the universality of Ikujiro Nonaka s concept of knowledge management. Other contributors suggest alternative definitions of knowledge management. While previous literature has primarily focused on how knowledge management is practiced currently, this Handbook sets out alternative visions and conceptualizations of knowledge management in diverse settings and is, thus, focused on how knowledge management ideally should be practiced in various contexts.This Handbook of Research on Knowledge Management will appeal as a point of reference for academics and students of business and management, business administration, sociology and organizational behavior. Practitioners, managers and business-owners alike will also find this an invaluable resource.Contributors: C. Abrahamson Löfström, A. Ahmad, E. Antonacopoulou, D.A. Blackman, O. Chang, D. Coldwell, D.J. Delgado-Hernández, J.S. Edwards, C. Filstad, A. Fried, T. Garavan, M. Glisby, P. Gottschalk, S. Harris, N. Holden, J. Hong, S.-W. Hsu, C. Mak, R. McDermott, D. McDowall, A. Mitra, K. Moon, E. Murphy, P.S. Myers, G. Neumann, P. Ngulube, F. O'Brien, A. Örtenblad, X. Ruan, A. Rynne, S.D Sarre, R. Snell, C. Stilwell, S. Talbot, E. Tandi Lwoga, E. Tomé, J. Van BeverenTrade Review‘I heartily recommend that those for whom the KM area is meaningful come at this volume hammer and tongs, challenge it, and make it groan. It merits that degree of respect.’ -- Management Learning‘The Handbook of Research on Knowledge Management Adaptation and Context is a good book for knowledge management researchers.’ -- Murray E Jennex, International Journal of Knowledge Management‘This knowledge management Handbook is an excellent addition to the knowledge management literature. As the Handbook is very international in its approach, it will be an excellent resource for international policy analysts wanting to know more about knowledge management and scholars and practitioners wanting to update and further extend their understanding of knowledge management in the international context.’ -- Vanessa Ratten, Thunderbird International Business Review‘Knowledge Management as a popular management movement is about 25 years old and unsurprisingly it has inspired many theories, practices and methods. So much so, that it is sometimes difficult to define what it stands for. The Handbook of Research on Knowledge Management is an interesting and innovative volume that has appealing features to add to the discussion. It is consistently interesting, has a very wide diversity of contributing scholars and practitioners and has several useful and informative chapters on actual knowledge practices and situations. It also offers historical reflections as well as its own contingency theory of how to best go about working with knowledge. All in all this Handbook is a fine and original contribution to the literature.’ -- Laurence Prusak, founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Knowledge ManagementTable of ContentsContents: Foreword John Van Beveren and Richard McDermott Preface Anders Örtenblad PART I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND 1. Introduction: Towards the Contextualization of Knowledge Management as a Research Field Anders Örtenblad 2. Previous Research on Knowledge Management in Various Contexts Anders Örtenblad 3. A Normative Model of Knowledge Management Effectiveness Paul S. Myers PART II: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN CONTEXT Section A: Industries and Sectors 4. Knowledge Management in Law Firms Cathrine Filstad and Petter Gottschalk 5. Knowledge Management in the Police Force Cathrine Filstad and Petter Gottschalk 6. The Australian Army’s KM Strategy: A Reflexive Organisational Approach to Knowledge Capture and Sharing Denise McDowall, Anita Rynne and Steven Talbot 7. Knowledge Management in Elderly Care Carina Abrahamson Löfström 8. Cross-cultural Knowledge Management in Collaborative Aacademic Research David Coldwell and Andrea Fried 9. Knowledge Management in Energy Sector Organizations John S. Edwards 10. Knowledge Management in Logistics Industry Organizations Eduardo Tomé and Gaby Neumann 11. Knowledge Management in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises: Navigating Informality and Resource Constraints Thomas Garavan, Fergal O’Brien and Eamonn Murphy 12. Knowledge Management, Context and Public Policy: Developing an Analysis Framework Deborah A. Blackman, Katie Moon, Stephen Harris and Stephen D. Sarre Section B: Religion and National Culture 13. Islamic Perspective of Knowledge Management Aini Ahmad 14. Buddhist Perspective on Knowledge Management Otto Chang 15. Knowledge Management Case Studies in Mexico David Joaquin Delgado-Hernández 16. Knowledge Management in China’s Organizations Amit Mitra and Ximing Ruan 17. Knowledge Management and Indigenous Organizations with Special Reference to Tanzania and South Africa Edda Tandi Lwoga, Christine Stilwell and Patrick Ngulube Section C: The Universality of SECI 18. Contextualizing Nonaka’s Ttheory of Knowledge in China: When Samurai Meets Bruce Lee Jacky Hong, Robin Snell and Carry Mak 19. The Nonaka-Takeuchi Model of Knowledge Conversion: A Discussion of Many Contexts of Japanese History and Culture Nigel Holden and Martin Glisby PART III: REFLECTIONS ON KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 20. On the Complexity of Knowledge Management given the Tacitness of Kknowledge in Organisations Thomas Garavan, Fergal O’Brien and Eamonn Murphy 21. Tensions and Extensions in Knowledge Integration and Dis-integration: Rethinking the Man-agement of Knowledge in Organisations Elena P. Antonacopoulou 22. Alternative Knowledge Management Shih-wei Hsu 23. Conclusions, A Contingency Mmodel of Knowledge Management and Recommendations for Further Research Anders Örtenblad Index

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Book SynopsisThis volume presents a compilation of key papers chronicling the evolution of the economics of information into the economics of knowledge. It traces the unfolding of the fertile ambiguity and ambivalence of the notion of information with the identification and eventual separation of its two basic, quite distinct meanings: knowledge and signals. It documents the progressive understanding that it is not only necessary to search, screen and understand signals, but also to assess and select them so as to distinguish between true, false and fake ones. The capability to process signals and transform them into actual information stems from the stock of competence and knowledge that individuals and organizations possess and mobilize. The success of information economics paves the way to the economics of knowledge and this review will be an indispensable research tool for all those working and studying in the field. Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction From the Economics of Information to the Economics of Knowledge Cristiano Antonelli PART I THE STATE OF THE ART 1. Michael Spence (2002), ‘Signaling in Retrospect and the Informational Structure of Markets’, American Economic Review, 92 (3), June, 434–59 2. George A. Akerlof (2002), ’Behavioral Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Behavior’, American Economic Review, 92 (3), June, 411–33 3. Joseph E. Stiglitz (2002), ‘Information and the Change in the Paradigm in Economics’, American Economic Review, 92 (3), June, 460–501 PART II APPLICATIONS AND EXTENSIONS 4. John G. Riley (2001), ‘Silver Signals: Twenty-Five Years of Screening and Signaling’, Journal of Economic Literature, XXXIX (2), June, 432–78 5. Kenneth J. Arrow (1996), ‘The Economics of Information: An Exposition’, Empirica, 23 (2), June, 119–28 6. W. Bentley MacLeod (2007), ‘Reputations, Relationships, and Contract Enforcement’, Journal of Economic Literature, XLV (3), September, 595–628 7. Bengt Holmström (1999), ‘Managerial Incentive Problems: A Dynamic Perspective’, Review of Economic Studies, Special Issue: Contracts, 66 (1), January, 169–82 8. Jeffrey C. Ely and Juuso Välimäki (2003), ‘Bad Reputation’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, CXVIII (3), August, 785–814 9. Johannes Hörner (2002), ‘Reputation and Competition’, American Economic Review, 92 (3), June, 644–63 10. Mathias Dewatripont and Jean Tirole (2005), ‘Modes of Communication’, Journal of Political Economy, 113 (6), December, 1217–38 11. Richard Rogerson, Robert Shimer and Randall Wright (2005), ‘Search-Theoretic Models of the Labor Market: A Survey’, Journal of Economic Literature, XLIII (4), December, 959–88 12. Dean Karlan, Markus Mobius, Tanya Rosenblat and Adam Szeidl (2009), ‘Trust and Social Collateral’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 124 (3), August, 1307–61 13. Abhijit V. Banerjee (1992), ‘A Simple Model of Herd Behavior’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, CVII (3), August, 797–817 14. Yannis M. Ioannides and Linda Datcher Loury (2004), ‘Job Information Networks, Neighborhood Effects, and Inequality’, Journal of Economic Literature, XLII (4), December, 1056–93 15. Matthew O. Jackson (2014), ‘Networks in the Understanding of Economic Behaviors’, Journal of Economic Perspectives, 28 (4), Fall, 3–22 16. H. Peyton Young (2009), ‘Innovation Diffusion in Heterogeneous Populations: Contagion, Social Influence, and Social Learning’, American Economic Review, 99 (5), December, 1899–924 17. Sushil Bikhchandani, David Hirshleifer and Ivo Welch (1992), ‘A Theory of Fads, Fashion, Custom, and Cultural Change as Informational Cascades’, Journal of Political Economy, 100 (5), October, 992–1026 18. Roland Benabou and Guy Laroque (1992), ‘Using Privileged Information to Manipulate Markets: Insiders, Gurus, and Credibility’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, CVII (3), August, 921–58 PART III TOWARDS THE ECONOMICS OF KNOWLEDGE 19. Joseph E. Stiglitz (2000), ‘The Contributions of the Economics of Information to Twentieth Century Economics’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, 115 (4), November, 1441–78 20. Kenneth J. Arrow (1969), ‘Classificatory Notes on the Production and Transmission of Technological Knowledge’, American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 59 (2), May, 29–35 21. Larry Samuelson (2004), ‘Modeling Knowledge in Economic Analysis’, Journal of Economic Literature, XLII (2), June, 367–403 22. Bo Carlsson and Gunnar Eliasson (1994), ‘The Nature and Importance of Economic Competence’, Industrial and Corporate Change, 3 (3), 687–711 23. Patrick Bolton and Mathias Dewatripont (1994), ‘The Firm as a Communication Network’, Quarterly Journal of Economics, CIX (4), November, 809–39 24. Luis Garicano (2000), ‘Hierarchies and the Organization of Knowledge in Production’, Journal of Political Economy, 108 (5), October, 874–904 25. Alice Lam (2000), ‘Tacit Knowledge, Organizational Learning and Societal Institutions: An Integrated Framework’, Organization Studies, 21 (3), May, 487–513 26. Luis Garicano and Yanhui Wu (2012), ‘Knowledge, Communication, and Organizational Capabilities’, Organization Science, 23 (5), September–October, 1382–97 27. Robin Cowan and Nicolas Jonard (2004), ‘Network Structure and the Diffusion of Knowledge’, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 28 (8), June, 1557–75 28. Richard Blundell and Thomas M. Stoker (2005), ‘Heterogeneity and Aggregation’, Journal of Economic Literature, XLIII (2), June, 347–91 29. Simon Loertscher, Leslie M. Marx and Tom Wilkening (2015), ‘A Long Way Coming: Designing Centralized Markets with Privately Informed Buyers and Sellers’, Journal of Economic Literature, 53 (4), December, 857–97 30. Simone Landini, Mauro Gallegati and Joseph E. Stiglitz (2015), ‘Economies with Heterogeneous Interacting Learning Agents’, Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination: Special Issue in Honor of Masanao Aoki, 10 (1), April, 91–118 31. Alan Kirman (1997), ‘The Economy as an Evolving Network’, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 7 (4), December, 339–53 32. Alan Kirman (2011), ‘Learning in Agent-based Models’, Eastern Economic Journal: Symposium on Agent-based Computational Economics, 37 (1), Winter, 20–27 33. David Colander, Peter Howitt, Alan Kirman, Axel Leijonhufvud and Perry Mehrling (2008), ‘Beyond DSGE Models: Toward an Empirically Based Macroeconomics’, American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings, 98 (2), May, 236–40 Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook offers an insightful journey through the landscape of research methods used to study the phenomenon of creativity, addressing the maturation of creativity research and its methodological approaches. Offering a methodological panorama for the global community of creativity researchers, contributors provide markers and viewpoints to better orient scholars and encourage reflection on how one might produce exceptional research on the burgeoning field of creativity. Chapters provide insights into a variety of methodological approaches, contemplating their benefits, limitations, scope of validity and ethical implications. As a contrast, sharp and to the point vignettes, similar to parables, are included to make the reader think. Allowing space for both established methods and new approaches, this Handbook is crucial reading for researchers interested in creativity at all levels looking to adopt innovative methodological approaches and broaden their research horizons. Contributors include: S. Acar, J. Baer, D.M. Boje, I. Bouty, H. Cairns-Lee, G. Cattani, R. Chia, L. Chiapello, A. Cropley, D. Cropley, J. Dul, S. Ferriani, G. Formilan, V. Glaveanu, M.-L. Gomez, M. Hanchett Hanson, P. Hibbert, R. Kark, J.C. Kaufman, A.K. Kofinas, C. Mainemelis, R. Reiter-Palmon, R. Robinson, N. Rosenkranz, M. Runco, M. Sinclair, P. Sowden, U. Ogurlu, M. Tempelaar, K. UnsworthTrade Review'A comprehensive, insightful and informative guide to the elusive concept of creativity and how to research it. A must for all organizational researchers.' --Catherine Cassell, University of Birmingham, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Viktor Dörfler and Marc Stierand 1. Evolution of a Research Program on Creativity Robert J. Sternberg 2. Subjectivity in the Creativity Research Mark A. Runco 3. It's All About Context: Research Methods of the Multi-Context Framework of Creative Leadership Ronit Kark, Olga Epitropaki and Charalampos Mainemelis 4. A Bourdieusian perspective on studying creativity Marie-Léadre Gomez and Isabelle Bouty 5. Reflections on the Ontological Mythologies of Creativity Alexander Kofinas and Sandar Win 6. Role of Intuition in Creativity Research – Open Agenda Marta Sinclair and Fabrizio Maimone 7. Abductive Reasoning, Creativity and the Logic of Intuition Eugene Sadler-Smith and Tim Wray 8. A process-philosophical approach to researching creativity-in-practice Robert Chia 9. Creativity between the lines: creative problem-solving in multi-level survey research Nicole Rosenkranz and Michiel Tempelaar 10. A pragmatic inquiry into creativity theories Laureline Chiapello 11. The Consensual Assessment Technique John Baer 12. The Story of Storytelling: How Walter Benjamin might approach a creative research method? David M. Boje 13. Ethnography of creativity: looking through a Practice lens Christian Grahle and Paul Hibbert 14. The Importance of Case Studies and the Evolving Systems Approach Michael Hanchett Hanson and Vlad Petre Glăveanu 15. Metaphor – Key to Enhancing Meta-Creativity and Researcher Reflexivity Heather Cairns-Lee 16. Rich picture: a systems technique for studying creativity José-Rodrigo Córdoba-Pachón 17. Creative Confidence Beliefs: A Closer Look Ronald A. Beghetto and Maciej Karwowski 18. Meta-analytic research on creativity: Challenges and Solutions Selcuk Acar, Uzeyir Ogurlu and Mark A. Runco 19. On a scale from 1-5… Creativity Survey Scales Kerrie Unsworth and Mark Robinson 20. Creativity as a Driver of Innovation: Measuring the Impact of Human Capital in Organisations David H. Cropley and Arthur J. Cropley 21. Creativity Equals Creativity – Or Does It? How Creativity is Measured Influences Our Understanding of Creativity Roni Reiter-Palmon and Madison Schoenbeck 22. Leading Creative Efforts: Historiometric and Experimental Methods Michael D. Mumford and Cory Higgs 23. Verbal protocol analysis as a tool to understand the creative process Paul T. Sowden, Andrew Pringle and Matthew Peacock 24. A Methodological Essay on the Application of Social Sequence Analysis to the Study of Creative Trajectories Giovanni Formilan, Simone Ferriani and Gino Cattani 25. Necessary Condition Analysis in Creativity Research Jan Dul, Maciej Karwowski and James Kaufman Index

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Book Synopsis'The digital age provide tremendous opportunities for organizations who adapt new technologies, implement disruptive business models, introduce new ways of working and who drive on innovation. There is no doubt that one of the most important capabilities for 21st century organizations is ''mastering creativity''. Andres Hatum has done a fabulous job in taking readers of his latest book on a journey where they learn how to build and include creativity in the DNA of their organizations. A must-read for every business and talent profession.'-Nick van Dam, Global Chief Learning Officer, McKinsey & Company, Nyenrode Business University, the Netherlands and the University of Pennsylvania, US'This book is a welcome addition to the steadily growing literature on creativity and organization. The author achieves the twin hurdles of rigorous analysis for the academics and practice-based relevance for practitioners. The book provides ample frameworks and case examples to identify key factors which influence and enhance creativity in organizations. These factors range from individual characteristics through organizational factors such as structure and culture to more contextual and environmental conditions. The author then shows how developing creativity, as a key organizational competence, can positively influence strategic decision making to enhance exploration rather than exploitation, to increase agility and to facilitate proactive change.'- David Wilson, Open University, UK'Mastering Creativity in Organizations offers a comprehensive and pedagogical treatise of the forces and factors that facilitate creativity in organizations and the numerous challenges that this involves. The book is richly illustrated with a variety of cases from a range of different sectors, including sports, advertising, manufacturing, consulting, primary education, the entertainment industry, and the culinary industry. Thanks to his fantastic access, Professor Hatum takes us behind the scenes and gives us an inside look into a number of iconic organizations such as Cirque de Soleil, FC Barcelona and Tetra Pak - exploring their leadership practices, HR strategies, office design and several other key issues. However, as the authors attests, creativity is not just for the exceptionally talented genius or for the people working in these extraordinary organizations. Everybody, and every organization, can learn to work in more creative ways from the unique cases in this book.'- Torkild Thanem, Stockholm University, SwedenThis book identifies best practices, leadership styles, and organizational structures for the stimulation of organizational creativity. Andrés Hatum first explains what creativity means in an organizational context. He then explores the ways in which an organization can foster it, with an aim to help any company - not just companies in creative fields or industries - become an organization in which new ideas flow, new processes are developed, and new products are brought to market. In doing so, he provides scholars with a solid framework for studying and understanding the deeper meaning of creativity.Andrés Hatum's new framework for understanding organizational creativity offers examples from a rich variety of companies and situations. The book balances theory and practice for a multifaceted approach that brings its analysis into the real world. In-depth case studies include FC Barcelona, elBulli, Almodovar, and Cirque du Soleil.Managers will find case studies describing exceptional organizational creativity and practical takeaways that can be applied in their own firms. Students will find concrete analytical frameworks for thinking about creativity in organizations, and academics will find a different approach to the study of creativity, one that is grounded in practice.Trade Review'Andrés Hatum's book is essential for anyone interested in the topics of creativity in organizations and talent management. The topics are very timely (such as collaborative talent, new forms of organizations, among others). It is full of great examples, photos, and suggestions that make it easy and fun to read.' --Akram Al Ariss, Toulouse Business School, France'This book focuses on a very timely issue that is relevant to almost any organization across the world: how to master organizational creativity. Andres Hatum opens up and structures insights on organizational creativity that previously were scattered across the disciplines of psychology, sociocultural studies and its subdisciplines. He offers a rare blend of theory and practice, drawing on the very lively cases of FC Barcelona, Cirque du Soleil, elBulli, the Creative Factory and others to argue how creativity fuels the innovation pipeline. I highly recommend this very entertaining book which is the culmination of decades of work!' --Manuel Hensmans, Brussels School of Economics and Management, Belgium'The new book by Andres Hatum offers a very useful examination of what is arguably the most important competitive advantage in the 21st century - innovation. For a company to succeed in domestic or international competition, it has to be able to adjust to rapidly changing conditions and also to create new products, services, ways of doing business, etc. As Professor Hatum points out from the very beginning of his analysis, the focus is on how organizations can meet this challenge. The examples from around the world rather than just in the United States provide another very valuable perspective on innovation in the 21st century.' --Robert Grosse, Thunderbird School of Global ManagementTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. The Role of Talent for Organizational Creativity 3. New Ways of Organizing 4. Human Resource Management as Facilitator of Creativity 5. Creative Leadership and a Creative Organizational Culture: A Conceptual Approach 6. Challenges Ahead for Creative Firms Index

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Book SynopsisSince the early 2000s, digital data has transformed the way we live and work. This timely book looks to big data analytics to understand this revolutionary change, unpacking the impact of big data analytics on the mobilization and allocation of individuals, organizations and societies' resources. Contributions from leading experts on modern technological trends examine the promises, applications and pitfalls of big data. The contributors assess the ways in which contemporary trajectories of data processing have increased efficiency and had a transformative effect on all avenues of life, from energy, tourism and social media, to human resources, welfare systems and urban citizenship. At a time when our personal data is more valuable than ever, this book seeks to make sense of how big data analytics has transformed our lives and how it will continue to shape society in the future. Astute and comprehensive, this book is critical reading for business and management scholars with a focus on information systems and communications technologies. It will also prove to be vital information for students and researchers of big data and digital society, as well as politics and administration more widely. Contributors include: P. Aagaard, A.R. Alaei, S. Becken, P. Bonev, E. Breit, B.K. Daniel, C. Egeland, V. Estivill-Castro, P. Gillingham, S. Hiremath, T. Kelly, I.B. Løberg, K. Löfgren, A.O. Lyneborg, P. Mikalef, Q.V.H. Nguyen, J.S. Pedersen, P. Ross, A. Sandgaard, T.M. Scholz, M. Söderberg, B. Stantic, W. Webster, A. Wilkinson<>P>Trade Review'The book is a rich collection of the broader applications of big data to a wide variety of emerging contexts, not only including social media, energy, healthcare, human resources, tourism and smart cities, but also less-examined applications in social and digital welfare, child services, education, and politics. A truly comprehensive guide to ''big data''!' --Paul A. Pavlou, Temple University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 The promise, application and pitfalls of big data 1 John Storm Pedersen and Adrian Wilkinson 2 Man versus cyborg 22 Vladimir Estivill-Castro 3 Big data and application 49 Patrick Mikalef 4 Big data and human resource management 69 Tobias M. Scholz 5 Big data in the energy industry 90 Petyo Bonev and Magnus Söderberg 6 A brief introduction to ‘big data’ and its application in tourism 107 Ali Reza Alaei and Susanne Becken 7 Big data in government: The case of ‘smart cities’ 133 Karl Löfgren and William Webster 8 Cyborg bureaucracy: Frontline work in digitalized labor and welfare services 149 Eric Breit, Cathrine Egeland and Ida Bring L.berg 9 Data analytics and health services quality: Implementing eHealth initiatives wisely 170 Peter Ross, Therese Kelly, Sanjeev Hiremath and Adrian Wilkinson 10 Data-driven management in practice in the digital welfare state 200 John Storm Pedersen 11 Social work in the Danish digitalized welfare state – and the use of digital technologies for professional knowledge in child services 224 Anna Olejasz Lyneborg 12 Big data in social welfare 245 Philip Gillingham 13 Big data and data governance: From the ‘world of ideas’ to the ‘world of practice’ 264 Anders Sandgaard 14 Artificial reality: The practice of analytics and big data in educational research 287 Ben Kei Daniel 15 The digital welfare state: Dataism versus relationshipism 301 John Storm Pedersen 16 Big data in political communication 325 Peter Aagaard 17 Rumour detection in social media 348 Henry Nguyen and Bela Stantic 18 Big data and professionals: What we can learn from Michael Polanyi 366 Giorgio Baruchello Index 391

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive and engaging Research Handbook provides a full examination of the modes and mechanisms of international knowledge transfer. Furthermore, it also provides in-depth insights into international knowledge transfer related challenges faced by multinational enterprises (MNEs). Chapters written by well-respected contributors provide extensive insights into the economic, technological, social, cultural and organizational aspects of knowledge transfer in international business and management. They also highlight the contextual influences imposed by the industrial sectors and countries that MNEs are associated with. Organised into three thematic parts, this Research Handbook provides interesting and important directions for future research within each chapter giving readers an opportunity to pursue these in greater depth. This timely Research Handbook will be an invaluable resource for scholars and researchers of international business and knowledge management. The practical case studies will provide a greater understanding of the topic and its challenges for managers of MNEs.Trade Review‘This book addresses the all important topic of international knowledge transfer, which is especially salient in the era of globalization and digital platforms. Novel technologies are giving new impetus to knowledge transfer. The volume addresses contemporary firms in the knowledge economy, and offers a truly global perspective from a cadre of recognized scholars from around the world.’ -- Gary Knight, Willamette University, US‘Now more than ever, success in the global economy requires in depth understanding of cross-border knowledge transfer, including the skills and competencies that make a successful transfer possible. This Handbook is an invaluable guide for the scholars and practitioners who stand in the frontline of this challenge.’ -- Oded Shenkar, The Ohio State University, US‘Khan, Nair and Lew manage to bring together a captivating set of contributions on knowledge transfer in the international business context. The Research Handbook is nicely organised around strategic dimensions, societal and human resource dimensions and finishes off with chapters on subsidiary knowledge creation and development. This book offers a systematic and contemporary account of the state of art knowledge on knowledge transfer.’ -- Rudolf R. Sinkovics, The University of Auckland, New Zealand and LUT University, Finland‘Cross border knowledge transfer is becoming vital for firms to develop competitive advantage. This Research Handbook on Knowledge Transfer and International Business provides a comprehensive account of cross-border knowledge transfer modes and mechanisms and the role of multinational enterprises in the transfer of knowledge. This book is an essential reading for researchers in knowledge transfer and competitive advantage.’ -- Pervez Ghauri, University of Birmingham, UKTable of ContentsContents: List of contributors vii Introduction to Research Handbook on Knowledge Transfer and International Business xiii PART I STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE OF KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER 1. Intra-firm trade, embeddedness and international knowledge transfer in the multinational enterprise 2 Nigel Driffield, James H. Love and Stefano Menghinello 2. Knowledge transfer and absorptive capacity in the context of a small multinational enterprise: a systematic study of the nexus of relationships 26 Jan-Tore Øian, Olli Kuivalainen and Heini Vanninen 3. Reverse knowledge transfer in multinational companies: evidence from Swiss manufacturing industry 48 Lamia Ben Hamida 4. Intellectual property institutions and innovation of emerging multinational companies 62 Jie Wu PART II SOCIETAL AND HUMAN RESOURCE PERSPECTIVE OF KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER 5. Social media as a knowledge transfer tool for intellectual capital accumulation during the international growth of small firms 84 Matti Saari, Minnie Kontkanen, Ahmad Arslan and Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen 6. Knowledge exchange within multi-stakeholder initiatives: tackling the Sustainable Development Goals 108 Jerra Veeger and Michelle Westermann-Behaylo 7. Global talent mobility and knowledge diffusion: the role of staffing agencies in the growth of East Asian high-tech multinational corporations 136 Mayumi Tabata PART III SUBSIDIARY KNOWLEDGE CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT 8. Technological overlap and cultural distance in MNCs’ location choice of technological clusters in China 159 Shuna Shu Ham Ho and Chang Hoon Oh 9. Building ambidextrous capabilities in foreign subsidiaries: evidence from Korean multinationals 177 Jae Eun Lee, Byung Il Park and Yong Kyu Lew 10. Utilization of subsidiary knowledge in multinational enterprises: revisiting the SECI model 195 Jong Min Lee 11. Absorptive capacity, value creation and new service development in multinational enterprises: the role of knowledge flows between customers, subsidiaries and headquarters 210 Tiina Leposky, Ahmad Arslan, Ismail Gölgeci and Deborah Callaghan Index 226

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Book SynopsisTechnology Transfer and US Public Sector Innovation provides an overview of US technology policies that are the genesis for observed technology transfer activities. By describing the technology transfer process from US federal laboratories and other public sector organizations, this exploration informs the reader in detail of how the transfer process behaves and the social benefits associated with it. Empirical information and evidence are presented on myriad forms of technology transfer including, but not limited to, patents, licenses and CRADA activity. Publications are a form of technology transfer as are new metrics that quantify the efficiency of the technology transfer process. Link and Oliver's work will be of great use to public policy makers in industrialized countries, scientists in federal laboratories worldwide and academic researchers. In addition, it will hold an important position in national and academic libraries.Trade Review'Al Link is a seasoned veteran of the US public-sector technology transfer historical experience. Drawing on that experience and assessing forces shaping future economic and social consequences of federal technology transfer efforts, he has delivered a must-read for policymakers, researchers, and students of the federal role in the nation’s technology transformation.’ -- Peter D. Blair, George Mason University, US'In this important new book, Link and Oliver, carefully trace how technology transfer from the public sector has been the sleeping giant of innovation in the United States. With meticulous care in the data analyses, the authors provide compelling and irrevocable evidence highlighting the central role played by technology transfer from the federal labs and other public research programs that have fueled America's innovative performance. With publication of this path breaking book, the key contributions of the public sector in driving American science, research, innovation and ultimately prosperity are clearing and unequivocally identified. It is a must read not just to scholars of science and innovation policy but also to thought leaders in business and public policy.' -- --David Audretsch, Indiana University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Irwin Feller 1. Introduction 2. An Historical Context for Technology Transfer Activity in the United States 3. U.S. Technology Transfer Policies toward Federal Laboratories and Agencies 4. The Economics of Technology Transfer 5. On the Effectiveness of U.S. Technology Transfer Policies 6. Literature on U.S. Federal Laboratory and Agency Technology Transfer Mechanisms 7. U.S. Federal Agency Technology Transfer Mechanisms and Metrics 8. Agency Growth Rates of Selected Technology Transfer Mechanism Metrics 9. Agency Examples of Successful Technology Transfers 10. A Public Sector Knowledge Production Function 11. Exploring the Broader Impact of R&D Spending on Technology Transfer in Federal Agencies 12. Exploring Publications as a Technology Transfer Mechanism 13. Exploring New Technology Transfer Metrics 14. Technology Transfer from the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program 15. Concluding Remarks References Index

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Book SynopsisWINNER: CILIP's Knowledge and Information Management Award 2019 - Information Resources Print Category The way an organization manages and disseminates its knowledge is key to informed business decision-making, effectiveness and competitive edge. The Knowledge Manager's Handbook takes you step by step through the processes needed to define and embed an effective knowledge management framework within an organization. This second edition now includes clear guidance on the best practice requirements from the first ever internationally recognised standard for knowledge management, ISO 30401:2018, as well as content on the impact of AI and data analytics. Nick Milton and Patrick Lambe work through each stage of creating and implementing a knowledge management framework for an organization's specific needs, based around the four essential aspects of knowledge management: people, processes, technologies and governance. With updated international case studies from organizations of all sizes and sectors, along with user-friendly templates and checklists to help implement effective knowledge management procedures, The Knowledge Manager's Handbook is the end-to-end guide to making a sustainable change in the knowledge management culture.Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction; Section - ONE: Orientation to knowledge management implementation; Chapter - 01: What is knowledge management?; Chapter - 02: The stages of KM implementation; Chapter - 03: Barriers and pitfalls; Section - TWO: Preparation and resources; Chapter - 04: Knowledge management strategy; Chapter - 05: The role, skills and characteristics of the knowledge management leader; Chapter - 06: The KM team members; Chapter - 07: The role of senior management; Chapter - 08: Budget and timescale; Chapter - 09: Aims and objectives for the KM implementation programme; Chapter - 10: Finding partners to help you; Section - THREE: Assessment and planning; Chapter - 11: Conducting the knowledge resources audit; Chapter - 12: The knowledge management framework; Chapter - 13: The knowledge discussion elements of the KM framework; Chapter - 14: The knowledge capture and documentation elements of the KM framework; Chapter - 15: The knowledge synthesis elements of the KM framework; Chapter - 16: The knowledge-finding and re-use elements of the KM framework; Chapter - 17: Knowledge organization; Chapter - 18: Influencing the stakeholders; Chapter - 19: Culture, communications and change; Chapter - 20: Preparing the KM implementation plan; Section - FOUR: The implementation activity; Chapter - 21: Building the KM champion network; Chapter - 22: Trials and pilots; Chapter - 23: Roll-out, embedding and governance; Chapter - 24: Setting up the KM metrics and reporting system; Chapter - 25: Dealing with bumps in the road; Chapter - 26: Transition to the operational team; Section - FIVE: Deepening and extending your KM programme; Chapter - 27: Working with external frameworks and standards; Chapter - 28: Working externally; Chapter - 29: Knowledge management and digital transformation; Section - SIX: Case histories; Chapter - 30: Implementing KM at Mars; Chapter - 31: NASA – emergence, evolution and resilience of a KM programme; Chapter - 32: Using the ISO KM standard 30401:2018 to sense-check KM at Petroleum Development Oman; Chapter - 33: KM implementation in a global oil and gas company; Chapter - 34: KM implementation at Huawei; Chapter - 35: KM implementation at the Singapore Youth Olympics; Chapter - 36: Implementing and sustaining KM in the Public Works Department Malaysia; Chapter - 37: Summary; Chapter - 38: Glossary; Chapter - 39: Index

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Book SynopsisAs knowledge economies become increasingly important around the world, it is essential that organizations are able to transform their knowledge into a competitive advantage. This textbook offers an interdisciplinary approach to knowledge management written specifically for postgraduate students in business and management schools. Knowledge Management presents classic and advanced concepts, models and frameworks using a clear logical structure, which covers building knowledge competence, the knowledge lifecycle, and integration of knowledge management with business decision making. An overall framework illustrates links between chapters and ensures readers can gain a body of actionable knowledge rather than learning isolated, uncontextualized topics. Based on cutting-edge research findings and covering the most advanced IT and IS technologies, this book emphasises the need for knowledge management to span boundaries across organizations, supply chains and partnerships, rather than being limited to individual learning and sharing within businesses. Knowledge Management is international in scope and includes real world case studies and role play scenarios to show how theories are applied in practice, and "think back" and "critique discussion" questions to encourage reflective learning and critical thinking. This indispensable text provides a dynamic picture of the evolution of knowledge management and demonstrates its full potential to enable better business decisions. Accompanying online resources include PowerPoint slides for lecturers and exercise questions for students.Trade Review"The book offers a rich approach to Knowledge Management focusing on knowledge sharing and learning crossing boundaries. It also discusses how to implement KM for supporting business decision making in the context of supply chain wide and globalization. All readers from students to practitioners will find in the book precious resources integrating the latest state-of-the-art research results." * Professor Isabelle Linden, University of Namur, Belgium *""I have been teaching Knowledge Management for many years but it was difficult to find a single book that focuses entirely on KM I could recommend to my students. Instead, I have always relied on several books which may be financially challenging for students to buy all. However, this book focuses entirely on topics of Knowledge Management and so is like a 'one stop source' for my module. It covers all the key topics on my (and most typical) KM module learning outcomes. The writing style of the book is excellent. It is clear and easy to follow." * Dr Festus Oderanti, Senior Lecturer in Information Systems & Program Leader for MSc Project Management, Hertfordshire Business School, University of Hertfordshire, UK *"A must-read contemporary Knowledge Management book, suitable for all KM practitioners, researchers and students. It intertwines precisely knowledge management in the fields of business, organizations, human decision-making, knowledge networks, information systems and technology, decision support systems and big data analytics." * Professor Boris Delibasic, University of Belgrade, Serbia *"The book has many distinctive features, including an interdisciplinary approach by knitting together knowledge management and other neighbouring disciplines, treating knowledge management as a key ingredient to building business intelligence systems. I like the in-depth discussion of the impact of ICT technologies such as big-data analytics and Internet of Things on knowledge management. A book providing such an overall view of the discipline does a great service to all stakeholders in the field. I recommend it to all students, researchers and practitioners interested in knowledge management and business intelligence systems." * Professor Sean Eom, Southeast Missouri State University, USA *"This book is really awesome and gives a strong basis for Knowledge Management." * Professor Pascale Zarate, Editor-in-Chief for International Journal of Decision Support System Technology (IJDSST), University of Toulouse, France *"This textbook contains resourceful material on understanding knowledge management, knowledge classification, knowledge management processes and the application of knowledge management. The learning approach adopted has a fine blend of theoretical concepts and case studies. I will recommend this textbook to higher level of undergraduate and postgraduate students." * Femi Olan, Senior Lecturer in Business Information Management, Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University *Table of Contents Section - ONE: Knowledge management – Key concepts and models; Chapter - 01: Introduction to knowledge management; Chapter - 02: Tacit and explicit knowledge; Chapter - 03: Knowledge management process and lifecycle models; Section - TWO: Building knowledge competence in organizations; Chapter - 04: Organizational learning; Chapter - 05: The learning organization; Chapter - 06: Organizational culture for knowledge sharing and learning; Section - THREE: Crossing knowledge boundaries; Chapter - 07: Communities of practice; Chapter - 08: Knowledge boundaries and boundary-spanning mechanisms; Chapter - 09: Knowledge networks; Chapter - 10: ICT-enabled knowledge management - Internet of Things and big data analytics; Section - FOUR: Knowledge support for business decision making; Chapter - 11: The business decision context; Chapter - 12: Human decision-making processes and knowledge requirements; Chapter - 13: Knowledge-based decision support systems

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Book SynopsisIllustrating the interdisciplinary implications for research on creativity development, this book focuses on the new concept of 'knowledge differences' that arise between people, organizations and various phenomena. It describes how these key differences create boundaries knowledge, a dynamic process that accelerates innovation. Chapters offer interdisciplinary perspectives on the topic to stimulate knowledge convergence across dissimilar fields of research, including business studies, economics, psychology and the arts. Following Arthur Koestler's theory of creativity, this insightful book shows how bisociation - the recognition of similarity in the collision of two distinct concepts - can be expressed through boundaries vision and boundaries knowledge, applying these twin concepts to the field of business and management. Focusing on literature related to strategy theory and knowledge creation theory, the book presents a theoretical framework for applying boundaries knowledge and boundaries vision to dynamic capabilities and knowledge creation in business innovation. Pioneering new frameworks for innovation, this book offers key insights for students and researchers of creativity development across various business-related fields. It will also benefit business leaders and managers, describing a key path to knowledge creation in professional environments. Contributors include: M. Kodama, M. Kimura, Y. Takano, T. Oka, T. Yasuda, N. Tokoro, Y. Mizukami, M. YamamotoTable of ContentsContents: Preface and Introduction Mitsuru Kodama 1. Innovation through Boundaries Vision and Dynamic Capabilities - The Strategic Management Perspective Mitsuru Kodama 2. Developing Boundaries Knowledge (Knowing) - The Knowledge Creation Perspective Mitsuru Kodama 3. Knowledge Convergence and Design-Driven Innovation through Boundaries Knowledge - New Knowledge from the Knowledge Convergence and Design-Driven Innovation Perspectives Mitsuru Kodama and Masashi Kimura 4. Product and Service Innovation through Boundaries Vision and Boundaries Knowledge - New Knowledge from the Corporate Strategy and Innovation Perspective Mitsuru Kodama and Yoshiki Takano 5. Interpersonal Cognitive Traits and Interactional Traits that Support Boundaries Vision, the Basis of Group Creativity Takashi Oka and Mana Yamamoto 6. The Process of Creating Knowledge between Different Actors in Co-Creation Ba - A Case Study of the Panasonic Smart City Project Nobuyuki Tokoro 7. Regional Revitalization through Cultural Innovation and Creativity Development Takehiko Yasuda 8. Product Innovation through Boundaries Vision and Boundaries Knowledge - New Knowledge from the Corporate Transformation and Innovation Perspective Mitsuru Kodama and Yuji Mizukami 9. Boundaries Knowledge through Boundaries Vision Creation - Driving Dynamic Capabilities and the SECI Process Mitsuru Kodama 10. Implications and Conclusion Mitsuru Kodama Index Index

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Book SynopsisRapid advances in the technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution pose a critical challenge to large, complex organizations both in the private and public sectors. The national defense ecosystem is no exception. The US Department of Defense has launched a number of efforts directed towards fostering creative and entrepreneurial problem solving, while evolving better practices to absorb external innovations. Defense Technological Innovation describes the emerging paradigm for innovation at the US Department of Defense, and the consequential impacts on its stakeholders. Leveraging a combination of prior research, archival data, first-person observations and interviews, the authors identify practices and themes characterizing the key trends in defense innovation, describe current organizational approaches and practices, and develop a theoretical framework that elucidates the competencies required to underwrite defense innovation objectives. The findings therein are relevant to any large, technology-driven organization contending with the implications of rapid change in the high-tech landscape. Scholars interested in the broad areas of technology innovation, national security, defense policy, and organizational change now have a book that addresses the problem of defense innovation. It will also appeal to scholars and policymakers in strategy, security studies, international affairs, and policy.Trade Review'The authors have uniquely captured the challenges and key drivers of the defense innovation ecosystem in the US - both its current weaknesses and strengths. The ability of our defense infrastructure to integrate talent and technology from non-traditional sources is vital to our future national security. The extraordinary pace of innovation and the growing capability of our strategic competitors make their recommendations timely and a must read for any leader and organization interested in creating a culture of innovation.' --Major General Boe Young (Retired), Commanding General, 75th Innovation Command, 2015-2019 and Army Representative to the Defense Innovation Board, 2018-2019, US'This well-researched book convincingly demonstrates the importance of bringing Open Innovation to the defense sector, while adopting a clear-eyed view of the many challenges in doing so. As innovation accelerates, our military needs to open up its innovation sources, speed up its procurement systems, and adapt its administrative processes, in order to meet the challenges of our near-peer rivals in the 21st century.' --Henry Chesbrough, University of California, Berkeley, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface 1. The National Defense Ecosystem: Context, Challenges and Opportunities 2. Innovation and National Security 3. The New Dynamics of Technological Innovation 4. The Defense Innovation Cycle and a Framework for DOD Innovation Ecosystem 5. Defense Innovation in Practice 6. Implications for Defense Innovation Policy and Practice Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses technology policy and innovation policy from an international perspective, with a particular emphasis on the policies of the United States and the United Kingdom. The importance of these policy areas, as well as their relationship to one another, is a unifying theme throughout, and this relationship is illustrated through an integrating policy framework.Private sector and public sector investments in R&D are posited to be the relevant target variables for technology policy, and vehicles to provide incentives for making each more effective are discussed along with suggestive information about how effective incentives have actually been. Consideration is given to the unintended consequences of technology policy. Also emphasized is the environment in which technology policy is promulgated and its relationship to a global innovation ecosystem. Innovation policy is a consequence of technology policy, and the innovation policies of various countries are also discussed.Technology and Innovation Policy will benefit academic researchers, senior scientists, innovation and technology policy makers, and graduate students who seek a deeper understanding of the relationship between technology and innovation policies from an international perspective.Trade Review‘This publication is definitely a wonderful introduction for starters who have hardly any experience or have just launched their studies on technology and innovation policies. For readers with related background foundation or expertise and who want to extend their professional knowledge in this field, this publication must be an ideally enlightening resources and will serve as an inspiring guide for future explorations. Overall, this book will significantly help the readers gain a profound comprehension of the relationship between technology and innovation policies from an international perspective.’ -- Yuan Ren, International Journal of Knowledge-Based Organizations‘A must-read, this book opens the discussion on the important differences between the purposes of technology policy and innovation policy. It walks the reader from the definitions of innovation and technology, to concrete exploration and reflections on how technology policy influences innovation policy.’ -- Sara Amoroso, European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Spain'This book raises a key problem. Why is technology policy more effective in some countries than in others? And it provides an articulated reply: the effectiveness of technology policies depends upon their ability to implement a ''Technology policy ecosystem'' that empowers the interdependence of the different elements of each system and their sequential interaction in the innovation process. Scholars, students, managers and policy makers should read it carefully.' -- Cristiano Antonelli, University of Torino and Collegio Carlo Alberto, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: 1 Technology and innovation policy: setting the stage 2. Technology policies to enhance private-sector R&D 3. The effectiveness of technology policy 4. Unanticipated consequences of technology policy 5. The technology policy environment 6. Technology policies to leverage public-sector R&D 7. Global innovation systems 8. Toward a technology/innovation policy ecosystem Index

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Book SynopsisThis Companion provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview and critical evaluation of existing conceptualizations and new developments in innovation research. Arguing that innovation research requires inter- and trans-disciplinary explanations and methodological pluralism at various levels, it draws on multiple perspectives of innovation, knowledge and creativity from economics, geography, history, management, political science and sociology. The Companion provides the definitive guide to the field and introduces new approaches, perspectives and developments.The Companion systematically analyzes the challenges, problems and gaps in innovation research. Leading scholars reflect upon and critically assess the fundamental topics of the field, including: innovation as a concept innovation and institutions innovation and creativity innovation, networking and communities innovation in permanent spatial settings innovation in temporary and virtual settings innovation, entrepreneurship and market making innovation governance and management. Innovation researchers and students in economics, economic geography, industrial sociology, innovation studies, international business, management and political science will find the Companion to be an essential resource. It will also appeal to practitioners in innovation and policy makers in economic development, public policy and innovation policy.Contributors include: H. Bathelt, N. Bradford, T. Burger-Helmchen, M. Callon, U. Cantner, P. Cohendet, D.H. Cropley, L. D'Adderio, P. Desrochers, U. Dewald, G. Dosi, D. Dougherty, J.Y. Douglas, J.R. Faulconbridge, M.P. Feldman, M. Ferrary, D. Foray, N. Geilinger, E. Giuliani, J. Glückler, B. Godin, F. Golfetto, G. Grabher, M. Granovetter, S. Haefliger, I. Hamdan-Livramento, A.B. Hargadon, A. Hatchuel, S. Henn, J.-A. Heraud, A.J. Herod, C. Hussler, O. Ibert, A. Lagendijk, P. Le Masson, S. Leppälä, D. Leslie, S. Lhuillery, P. Li, N. Lowe, B.-Å. Lundvall, E.J. Maelecki, L. Marengo, S. McGrath-Champ, J. Merkel, S. Ogawa, F. Pachidou, G. Parmentier, J. Penin, G. Pickren, A.C. Pratt, J. Raffo, A. Rainnie, A. Rallet, N.M. Rantisi, D. Rinallo, J. Roberts, R.G. Shearmur, L. Simon, B. Sinclair-Desgagné, B. Spigel, J. Szurmak, A. Torre, B. Truffer, A. Van Assche, W. Vanhaverbeke, S. Vannuccini, C. Vellera, E. Vernette, G. von Krogh, B. Weil, D.A. WolfeTrade Review'This very wide-ranging selection of chapters reflects a much broader outlook than most other Innovation research collections. It is not wedded to any school or discipline, yet it draws on relevant ideas from virtually all of them. It is an ideal companion for a reader interested in the various new perspectives on innovation that have emerged recently and how these are connected to established themes, or the reader interested in developing a more interdisciplinary appreciation of the subject area.' --John Cantwell, Rutgers University, US'This is an innovative book on innovation. It innovates through the organisation of the subject achieved by the four editors. It digs into innovation as a concept, as institutions, as creativity, channeled through temporary and permanent organisations, shaping markets and dialoguing with entrepreneurship, and as embedded in places and networks. The contributions are not just hagiographies. All have critical thinking, questioning categories and data and findings. These are reasons why this book will become the essential reference in the field.' --Michael Storper, The London School of Economics, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Innovation and Knowledge Creation: Challenges to the Field Harald Bathelt, Patrick Cohendet, Sebastian Henn and Laurent Simon PART I. INNOVATION AS A CONCEPT 2. A Conceptual History of Innovation Benoit Godin 3. Concepts and Models of Innovation Patrick Cohendet and Laurent Simon 4. Science and Innovation Jean-Alain Héraud 5. Reverse Innovation Thierry Burger-Helmchem and Caroline Hussler 6. Broadening the Concept of Open Innovation Wim Vanhaverbeke 7. Measurement of Innovation Stephane Lhuillery, Julio Raffo and Intan Hamdan-Livramento PART II. INNOVATION AND INSTITUTIONS 8. Institutional Context and Innovation Johannes Glückler and Harald Bathelt 9. Innovation in Practice Deborah Dougherty 10. Domesticating Innovation – Designing Revolutions Yellowlees Douglas and Andrew Hargadon 11. Innovation and Lock-in Uwe Cantner and Simone Vannuccini 12. Patents and Open Innovation Julien Pénin PART III. INNOVATION AND CREATIVITY 13. Managing Knowledge, Creativity, and Innovation Patrick Cohendet, Guy Parmentier and Laurent Simon 14. Urban Diversity and Innovation Pierre Desrochers, Samuli Leppala and Joanna Szurmak 15. Innovation and the Cultural Economy Andy C. Pratt 16. Innovation and Cultural Industries Deborah Leslie and Norma M. Rantisi 17. Services and Innovation Johannes Glückler 18. Design Theories, Creativity and Innovation Pascal Le Masson, Armand Hatchuel and Benoit Weil 19. The Dark Side of Creativity David H. Cropley PART IV. INNOVATION, NETWORKING AND COMMUNITIES 20. Social Networks and Innovation Michel Ferrary and Mark Granovetter 21. Community, Creativity and Innovation Joanne Roberts 22. Industrial Clusters in Global Networks Elisa Giuliani 23. The User Innovation Phenomenon Cyrielle Vellera, Eric Vernette and Susumu Ogawa 24. Horizontal Learning Pengfei Li 25. Innovation versus Technological Achievement Dominique Foray PART V. INNOVATION IN PERMANENT SPATIAL SETTINGS 26. Geography of Innovation, Proximity and Beyond Alain Rallet and André Torre 27. Urban Bias in Innovation Studies Richard Shearmur 28. National and Regional Innovation Systems Harald Bathelt and Sebastian Henn 29. National Innovation Systems and Globalization Bengt-Åke Lundvall 30. Innovation, Regional Development and Relationality Arnoud Lagendijk PART VI. INNOVATION IN TEMPORARY AND VIRTUAL SETTINGS 31. Trade Fairs and Innovation Harald Bathelt 32. Innovation through Trade Show Concertation Francesca Golfetto and Diego Rinallo 33. Knowledge Collaboration in Hybrid Virtual Communities Gernot Grabher and Oliver Ibert 34. Performativity and the Innovation-Replication Dilemma Luciana D’Adderio 35. Coworking and Innovation Janet Merkel PART VII. INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MARKET MAKING 36. Markets, Marketization and Innovation Michel Callon 37. Market Formation and Innovation Systems Ulrich Dewald and Bernard Truffer 38. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Edward J. Malecki and Ben Spigel 39. Transnational Entrepreneurs and Global Knowledge Transfer Sebastian Henn and Harald Bathelt 40. Institutional Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Alzheimer's Disease Treatment Nina Geilinger, Stefan Haefliger, Georg von Krogh, and Fotini Pachidou PART VIII. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATION 41. Relational Geographies of Knowledge and Innovation James R. Faulconbridge 42. Innovation, Governance and Place Maryann Feldman and Nichola Lowe 43. The Dynamics of Organizational Structures and Performances Giovanni Dosi and Luigi Marengo 44. Learning through Governance Neil Bradford and David A. Wolfe 45. Global Value Chains and Innovation Ari Van Assche 46. Innovation, Development and Global Destruction Networks Andrew Herod, Graham Pickren, Al Rainnie and Susan McGrath-Champ 47. Innovation and the Global Eco-Industry Bernard Sinclair-Desgagné Index

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Book SynopsisTechnology is not just limited to technology companies, it impacts sectors such as healthcare, agriculture, and security. In the last few decades, countries, too, have started developing technologies or integrating technologies into their systems. As a result, all countries, regardless of size, need to understand the management of engineering and technology concepts. Digital Transformations reviews fundamentals and applications through existing and emerging technologies all around the world.Big data availability and the emergence of new tools provide opportunities to detect the emergence of new technologies. Some of the major elements of such analyses include bibliometrics, patent analysis and social network analysis. The authors focus on these three tools and demonstrate their use through applications such as Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, 3D printing, Wireless Power, Autonomous and Electric Driving, and Smart Homes.Through the examination of cases based on emerging technologies, the book provides a spectrum of these recent applications and serves as a reference for professionals, researchers and students on fundamentals of technology utilization tools.Trade Review‘Dr. Tugrul Daim has championed another masterpiece with this manuscript. This book helps transform vital information from the academic world into a blueprint that can be used by government and industry commercial leaders. A true first of its kind, as there is no other manuscript available to help engineering and technology managers navigate through the challenges presented by Digital Transformations.’ -- Matthew L. Tompkins, TC Defense, US‘The authors introduce the use of statistical methods such as bibliometrics, patent analysis and network analysis to understand trends, connections and leadership in technology innovation and also to identify key issues. Real-world case studies explore an array of innovations in the medical, power, transportation and home appliance fields. This approach illustrates how the techniques are useful while telling the story of some of today’s pivotal innovations.’ -- Fred Gordon, Energy Trust of Oregon, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to Digital Transformations 1. Bibliometric-based analyses 2. Patent-based analyses 3. Network-based analyses 4. Integrated analyses 5. Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.Leveraging the knowledge gained from knowledge management and from the growing fields of Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI), this Research Agenda highlights the research gaps, issues, applications, challenges and opportunities related to Knowledge Management (KM).Exploring synergies between KM and emerging technologies, leading international scholars and practitioners examine KM from a multidisciplinary perspective, demonstrating the ways in which knowledge sharing worldwide can be enhanced in order to better society and improve organisational performance. Chapters investigate KM as it applies to business, library and information science, enterprise-wide strategies, innovation, privacy and data, measurement, Analytics, and AI, before summarising the lessons learned and best practices for future research.A Research Agenda for Knowledge Management and Analytics will be a key resource for students, academics and practitioners working in the fields of KM and Analytics, helping the academics of the future to build on existing successes and identify ways to further develop the field.Trade Review'Knowledge management and analytics originate from different viewpoints. One focuses on people and organizations knowing (or not knowing); the other on people and organizations doing (or hoping to do). As there is little point in knowing without doing, let alone doing without knowing, the potential for synergy is tremendous. This book identifies the variety of directions in which analytics might be integrated into knowledge management to give an even more powerful approach for coping with the challenges of uncertain times.' -- -- John S. Edwards, Aston University, UK and Founding Editor in Chief, Knowledge Management Research and Practice JournalTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Jim Lee xv Preface xvii Introduction to A Research Agenda for Knowledge Management and Analytics xix 1 Knowledge management: library and information science writ large 1 Qiping Zhang and Michael E. D. Koenig 2 Knowledge management placement in organizations 19 Ramin Assa 3 Knowledge management: enterprise-wide strategies 31 Joanna Paliszkiewicz 4 Knowledge management from a technology perspective 43 Vincent Ribiere, Cheng Gong and Kaiyu Yang 5 Knowledge management and artificial intelligence analytics: a bibliometric study of research trends 67 Francisco J. Cantu-Ortiz 6 Knowledge management and measurement 89 Anthony J. Rhem 7 Knowledge management and innovation: issues, gaps, applications and opportunities 107 Vida Skudienė 8 Serendipitous encounters to support innovations via knowledge visualizations 121 Simon Li and Eric Tsui 9 Decisions, advice and explanation: an overview and research agenda 149 Jan Vanthienen 10 KM, analytics, and AI: a winning combination to survive the post-truth world 171 Kimiz Dalkir 11 Privacy and data: some research venues 191 Kenneth Carling and Johan Håkansson 12 Lessons learned and best practices in KM: a personal perspective 205 Douglas Weidner Index 225

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