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Towards Organizational Knowledge

The Pioneering Work of Ikujiro Nonaka

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Editors:
  1. Georg Krogh

    1. ETH Zurich, Switzerland

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  2. Hirotaka Takeuchi

    1. Harvard Business School, USA

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  3. Kimio Kase

    1. IESE Business School and International University of Japan, Japan

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  4. César González Cantón

    1. CUNEF (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Spain

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Part of the book series: The Nonaka Series on Knowledge and Innovation (NOSKI)

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Scholarship with Wisdom: An Introduction

    1. Scholarship with Wisdom: An Introduction

      • Georg von Krogh, Hirotaka Takeuchi, Kimio Kase, César G. Cantón
      Pages 1-14

  4. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. Nonaka’s ‘Dynamic Theory of Knowledge Creation’ (1994): Reflections and an Exploration of the ‘Ontological Dimension’

      • Robert M. Grant
      Pages 77-95

    3. The Purpose of the Firm As Proposed by Nonaka: A Review Based on the Aristotelian-Thomistic Tradition

      • Guillermo Fariñas Contreras
      Pages 96-113

    4. Out of the Garbage Can? How Continuous Improvement Facilitators Match Solutions to Problems

      • Florian Rittiner, Stefano Brusoni
      Pages 114-136

    5. The Knowledge-Based Theory of the Firm and the Question of Firm Boundaries

      • Pedro López Sáez, José Emilio Navas López, Gregorio Martín de Castro, Jorge Cruz González
      Pages 137-150

    6. Russia’s First Handbook of Knowledge Management as a Reflector of a KM Landscape Sui Generis

      • Nigel J. Holden
      Pages 151-166

    7. A Humanistic Approach to Knowledge-Creation: People-Centric Innovation

      • Yingying Zhang, Yu Zhou, Jane McKenzie
      Pages 167-189

    8. Leaping to Optima? Knowledge Creation and Behavioral Theory

      • Patrick Reinmoeller
      Pages 190-202

    9. Revisiting the ‘Knowledge Creating Firm’ in the ‘Post-Capitalist Society’ Context

      • Noboru Konno
      Pages 203-218
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About this book

In recognition of Professor Ikujiro Nonaka's contribution to the field of Knowledge Management this book, forming part of The Nonaka Series on Knowledge and Innovation from Palgrave Macmillan, deals with a variety of aspects of the Knowledge Management (KM) theory and the knowledge-based view of the firm.

Reviews

"This is a unique and outstanding book on the pioneering contributions of Professor Ikujiro Nonaka to the field of Knowledge Management. Knowledge is at the heart of innovation and is the driver of corporate growth and social progress. For this reason, both management scholars and practitioners should read this book to better understand and reflect on how knowledge is created, developed and applied more effectively in the corporate world." - Jordi Canals, Dean, IESE Business School, Spain

Editors and Affiliations

  • ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    Georg Krogh

  • Harvard Business School, USA

    Hirotaka Takeuchi

  • IESE Business School and International University of Japan, Japan

    Kimio Kase

  • CUNEF (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Spain

    César González Cantón

About the editors

David Teece, University of California, USA John-Christopher Spender, ESADE, Spain Fangqi Xu, Kinki University, Japan Robert Grant Bocconi University, Italy Guillermo Fariñas, Universidad Monteávila, Venezuela Stefano Brusoni, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland Florian Rittiner, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland Jorge Cruz, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Pedro Lopez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Martín Gregorio, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain José Emilio Navas, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Nigel Holden, Leeds University Business School, UK Yingying Zhang , Complutense University of Madrid, Spain Jane McKenzie, University of Reading, UK Yu Zhou, Renmin University of China, China Patrick Reinmoller, Cranfield University, UK Noboru Konno, Tama University, Japan Andrew Campbell, Ashridge Business School, UK Rodolfo G. Campos, University of Navarra, Spain Laurence Prusak, independent consultant Thomas Davenport, Babson College, USA Vesa Peltokorpi, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan Florian Kohlbacher, German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ) Tokyo, Japan

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