Organizations as Knowledge Systems

Knowledge has only recently been widely recognized as an organizational asset, the effective management of which can afford a firm competitive advantage. This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to knowledge management relating it to business strategy, dynamic capabilities and firm performance. Some of the most eminent scholars in management have contributed to this timely book, including John Seely Brown, Chris Argyris, Georg von Krogh, Soumitra Dutta, Howard Thomas and John McGee, Arie Lewin and Silvia Massini. The book offers practitioners and students alike state of the art research in the field of organizational knowledge and management

V. ANYFIOTI Consultant with Roland Berger Strategy Consultants CHRIS ARGYRIS Harvard University Monitor Company Group, LP HELEN BLAIR Royal Holloway, University of London IRMA BOGENRIEDER Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam NIELS-INGVAR BOER Department of Information and Decision Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam MARIA DASKALAKI Kingston Business School TIMOTHY DEVINNEY Australian Graduate School of Management S. DUTTA Dean of Technology and E-Learning at INSEAD T. EVGENIOU Assistant Professor of Information Systems at INSEAD STEPHEN GOURLAY STEFAN HAEFLIGER Institute of Management, University of St Gallen MARLEYN HUYSMAN Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam KULDEEP KUMAR Department of Decision Sciences & Information Systems, Florida International University ARIE LEWIN Fuqua School of Business, Duke University SILVIA MASSINI Manchester School of Management DAVID MIDGLEY INSEAD BART NOOTEBOOM Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam CHRISTOS PITELIS The Judge Institute of Management and Queen's College, University of Cambridge LESLEY TRELEAVEN School of Management, University of Western Sydney PETER VAN BAALEN Department of Information and Decision Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam GEORG VON KROGH Institute of Management, University of St Gallen CHRISTINE WOO University of Technology, Sydney