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Managing Flow

A Process Theory of the Knowledge-Based Firm

Palgrave Macmillan

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  1. Ikujiro Nonaka
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  2. Ryoko Toyama
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  3. Toru Hirata
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  4. Susan J. Bigelow
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  5. Ayano Hirose
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  6. Florian Kohlbacher
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction: Why We Need a New Theory of the Knowledge-Based Firm

    • Ikujiro Nonaka, Ryoko Toyama, Toru Hirata, Susan J. Bigelow, Ayano Hirose, Florian Kohlbacher
    Pages 1-5

  3. The Characteristics of Knowledge

    • Ikujiro Nonaka, Ryoko Toyama, Toru Hirata, Susan J. Bigelow, Ayano Hirose, Florian Kohlbacher
    Pages 6-17

  4. The Theoretical Framework

    • Ikujiro Nonaka, Ryoko Toyama, Toru Hirata, Susan J. Bigelow, Ayano Hirose, Florian Kohlbacher
    Pages 18-52

  5. Leading the Knowledge-Creating Firm

    • Ikujiro Nonaka, Ryoko Toyama, Toru Hirata, Susan J. Bigelow, Ayano Hirose, Florian Kohlbacher
    Pages 53-69

  6. Vision and Driving Objectives: Values for the Common Good

    • Ikujiro Nonaka, Ryoko Toyama, Toru Hirata, Susan J. Bigelow, Ayano Hirose, Florian Kohlbacher
    Pages 70-105

  7. Ba

    • Ikujiro Nonaka, Ryoko Toyama, Toru Hirata, Susan J. Bigelow, Ayano Hirose, Florian Kohlbacher
    Pages 107-137

  8. Dialogue and Practice: Leveraging Organizational Dialectics

    • Ikujiro Nonaka, Ryoko Toyama, Toru Hirata, Susan J. Bigelow, Ayano Hirose, Florian Kohlbacher
    Pages 138-173

  9. Dynamic Knowledge Assets in Process

    • Ikujiro Nonaka, Ryoko Toyama, Toru Hirata, Susan J. Bigelow, Ayano Hirose, Florian Kohlbacher
    Pages 174-205

  10. Leadership: Fostering Distributed Excellence in the Organization

    • Ikujiro Nonaka, Ryoko Toyama, Toru Hirata, Susan J. Bigelow, Ayano Hirose, Florian Kohlbacher
    Pages 206-240

  11. Conclusions

    • Ikujiro Nonaka, Ryoko Toyama, Toru Hirata, Susan J. Bigelow, Ayano Hirose, Florian Kohlbacher
    Pages 241-245

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 246-255
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About this book

Presents an ultimate theory of knowledge-based management and organizational knowledge creation based on empirical research and an extensive literature review. It explores knowledge management as a global concept and is relevant to any company that wants to prosper and thrive in the global knowledge economy.
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"Nonaka and his co-authors must be congratulated on developing an understanding of this ephemeral concept of knowledge, and on widening it out beyond business objectives to general wellbeing." - Gordon Harris, Professional Manager

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About the authors

Susan J. Bigelow is a writer and editor based in Tokyo, Japan. Her research is in communications theory and comparative philosophy concerning aesthetics and technology. Ayano Hirose is Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy at Hitotsbashi University, Tokyo, Japan. Her research is in the field of organizational knowledge creation, management, and leadership in private and public organizations, and knowledge-based innovation that co-create values in the social ecosystem. Florian Kohlbacher is Associate Professor of marketing in the International Business School Suzhou (IBSS) at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) in Suzhou, China. Before joining IBSS, he was a senior research fellow and head of the Business & Economics Section at the German Institute for Japanese Studies (DIJ) Tokyo, Japan, where he has lived for 11 years. His professional experience covers both industry and academia in the field of marketing and knowledge-based management.
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