The creation and management of knowledge has become a central concern to business and management, both as a source of value and as an opportunity to achieve and sustain competitive advantage. This new book brings together leading thinkers in the area of knowledge and innovation management in a state of the art collection of studies in this field.

About the Author(s)

By Georg von Krogh, Ikujiro Nonaka and Toshihiro Nishiguchi

Georg Von Krogh is Professor at the Institute of Management at the University of St. Gallen.

Ikujiro Nonaka is Dean at the Graduate School of Knowledge Science at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.

Toshihiro Nishiguchi is Professor at the Institute of Business Research, Hitotsubashi University, Japan.

Table of Contents

Fundamental Issues in Knowledge Creation Theory * Justification in Knowledge Creation--Georg von Krogh & Simon Grand * Organizing Around Not-Yet-Embodied Knowledge--Claus Otto Scharmer * Creating Market Knowledge *Organizational Creativity--Salvio Vicari & Gabriele Troilo * The ART of Knowledge--Ikujiro Nonaka, Patrick Reinmoeller, & Dai Senoo * Knowledge Creation in Interfirm Colaboration * Knowledge and Economic Organization--Robert M. Grant & Charles Baden-Fuller * Economic Organization and Innovation in Japan--Michael Gerlach & James R. Lincoln * Knowledge Creation in the Suppy Chain * Fractal Design--Toshihiro Nishiguchi & Alexander Beadet * Analyzing Intangible Resources and Managing Knowledge in a Supply Chain Context--Richard Hall & Pierpaolo Andriani