Selected papers from the 25th McMaster world congress on intellectual capital and innovation, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada / Guest editors Nick Bontis and Christopher K. Bart.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bontis, Nick.

Bart, Christopher K.

Series:

Learning Organization. No. 4/5 ; v. 11.

The Learning Organization. No. 4/5 ; Vol. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Management.

Information services--Management.

Information services.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (114 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although organizational learning occurs through individuals, it would be a mistake to conclude that organizational learning is nothing but the cumulative result of their members' learning. Organizations do not have brains, but they have cognitive systems and memories. A device cited in this literature as an important tool for organizational learning is the ''Strategic Alliance'' – an important element of contemporary firms' competitive strategies. This paper attempts to look at the phenomenon of inter-organizational learning through the socio-cultural-historical lens of Vygotsky and hopes to a

Contents:

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Abstracts and keywords; Abstracts and keywords; Guest editorial; Learning in strategic alliances; Principles for designing pragmatic knowledge management systems; External communities of practice and relational capital; Intellectual capital in Egyptian software firms; Measuring strategic value-drivers for managing intellectual capital; Measurement and application of intellectual capital in Turkey; Downsizing – intellectual capital performance anorexia or enhancement?; Intellectual capital and new public management

Reconciling the rigor-relevance dilemma in intellectual capital researchBook review; Call for papers;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-51556-2

9786610515561

1-84544-417-5

OCLC:

61433200