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972903
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b727273
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Knowledge and innovation in business and industry : : the importance of using others /\ edited by Håkan Håkansson and Alexandra Waluszewski.
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London :: Routledge,, 2007.
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| Series Statement
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Routledge studies in innovation, organization and technology ;; 5
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1 online resource (170 pages)
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0203947029
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: 6610871914
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: 9780203947029
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: 9786610871919
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0415425298
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9780415425292
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1. Economic use of knowledge; Knowledge in use; The problems of using others' knowledge; The scientific production of knowledge; What is useful knowledge in a business world?; The research context of this project; Research approach; Structure of the book; 2. Resources in use: embedded electricity; Electricity and its interfaces; Interfaces and the use and development of knowledge; Interfaces of electricity in the TMP process; Illustration of four mixed resource interfaces.
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6. Use of knowledge in the model world: lessons to learn from economic literatureUse of specific knowledge and models about generation of knowledge; A brief history of how knowledge has been approached in economic theory; Role of knowledge in modern economic theory; More work is needed; 7. Interaction: the only means to create use; Using resources and knowledge; Physical factors affecting economic use; Economic decisions regarding development, production and use of a specific resource; Organisational factors affecting resources; Conclusions; Index.
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Physical and organisational interfaces behind Lack legs and tabletopsThe depth of resource interfaces and the knowledge around Lack; Using others' knowledge to create balance between unique and general knowledge; 5. Handling resource interfaces in a planned economy: how Tipografiya solves interaction issues without direct interaction; Company life in the planned economy; Tipografiya's activities during the planned economy; Tipografiya faces severe changes in its business landscape; Company life affected by planned economy thinking -- effects on resource interfaces; Conclusions.
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Systematic combining over timeFour interface principles; 3. Introducing "old" knowledge in an established user context: how to use wood in the construction industry; Reintroducing an "old" solution in a user context; Physical and organisational resource interfaces in a building; Important physical interfaces: starting out from the frame; Important organisational interfaces: starting out from the frame; Embedding as a specific process; 4. Conscious use of others' interface knowledge: how IKEA can keep the price of the Lack table constant over decades; Mobilizing a network.
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Provocative and reflective, this volume on the notion of knowledge and innovation in the business industry provides readers with a holistic approach to the subject of 'knowledge'. Structuring their arguments around four case studies of innovation within four entirely different contexts, Håkansson and Waluszewski invite the business-minded reader to consider the costs of adopting new knowledge and innovation within a business setting. This book: questions the long-held assumption that new knowledge and innovation are universally advantageousfollows the tremor of an innovation as new knowled.
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Knowledge management, Case studies.
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Organizational change, Case studies.
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Technological innovations-- Management, Case studies.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Information Management.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Knowledge Capital.
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Knowledge management.
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Organizational change.
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Technological innovations-- Management.
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| Dewey Classification
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658.4/038
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HD30.2K56 2007eb
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| Added Entry
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Håkansson, Håkan,1947-
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Waluszewski, Alexandra.
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