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Knowledge Integration

The Practice of Knowledge Management in Small and Medium Enterprises

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Editors:
  1. Antonie Jetter

    1. Focus on Technology and Innovation Management (TIM), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

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  2. Hans-Horst Schröder

    1. Focus on Technology and Innovation Management (TIM), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

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  3. Jeroen Kraaijenbrink

    1. School of Business, Public Administration and Technology, University of Twente, AE Enschede, The Netherlands

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  4. Fons Wijnhoven

    1. School of Business, Public Administration and Technology, University of Twente, AE Enschede, The Netherlands

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  • State of the art and novel approaches in knowledge management
  • Empirical results about knowledge management practices of small and medium high-tech enterprises and the problems they encounter
  • Outlook on future developments in this field
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. Knowledge Management: More than a Buzzword

    • Fons Wijnhoven
    Pages 1-16

  3. Knowledge Integration by SMEs — Framework

    • Jeroen Kraaijenbrink, Doron Faran, Aharon Hauptman
    Pages 17-28

  4. Knowledge Integration by SMEs - Practice

    • Jeroen Kraaijenbrink, Aard Groen, Fons Wijnhoven
    Pages 29-45

  5. Organizing the Toolbox - Typology and Alignment of KI Solutions

    • Doron Faran, Aharon Hauptman, Yoel Raban
    Pages 47-64

  6. Elicitation — Extracting Knowledge from Experts

    • Antonie Jetter
    Pages 65-76

  7. Codification — Knowledge Maps

    • Antonie Jetter
    Pages 77-90

  8. Detection — Electronic Knowledge Retrieval

    • Dina Franzen
    Pages 91-100

  9. Assessment — Making Sense of It All

    • Doron Faran
    Pages 101-114

  10. Transfer - Knowledge Transfer in Networks

    • Aard Groen
    Pages 115-125

  11. Motivating — Incentive Systems for Knowledge Provision

    • Hannah Zaunmüller
    Pages 127-141

  12. Supporting Knowledge Integration at SMEs — The KINX Portal

    • Charo Elorrieta, Juan Pedro Lopez, Fons Wijnhoven
    Pages 143-159

  13. Supporting Knowledge Integration at SMEs — Policies

    • Yoel Raban
    Pages 161-174

  14. Wrapping It All Up - Past, Present and Future of Knowledge Integration

    • Hans-Horst Schröder
    Pages 175-191

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 193-203
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About this book

The ability to manage knowledge is relevant for millions of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) that operate in high-tech environments. They strongly depend on external knowledge about customers, technologies, and competitors because, as opposed to large companies, they have limited internal knowledge resources and little power to control their business environments. Present KM literature, however, mainly focuses on large companies and therefore does not explain, how SMEs, for example, can successfully apply groupware, data mining, semantic networks, and knowledge maps. This book addresses this problem by introducing the concept of knowledge integration (KI) that places emphasis on the identification, acquisition and use of external knowledge. Drawing from this theoretical basis, the book presents concepts and instruments specifically designed for SMEs, as well as examples of their implementation and use in practice.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Focus on Technology and Innovation Management (TIM), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

    Antonie Jetter, Hans-Horst Schröder

  • School of Business, Public Administration and Technology, University of Twente, AE Enschede, The Netherlands

    Jeroen Kraaijenbrink, Fons Wijnhoven

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Knowledge Integration

  • Book Subtitle: The Practice of Knowledge Management in Small and Medium Enterprises

  • Editors: Antonie Jetter, Hans-Horst Schröder, Jeroen Kraaijenbrink, Fons Wijnhoven

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7908-1681-7

  • Publisher: Physica Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Physica-Verlag Heidelberg 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-1586-3Published: 18 November 2005

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7908-2525-1Published: 19 October 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-7908-1681-5Published: 19 January 2006

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 204

  • Topics: Knowledge Management, Innovation/Technology Management, Human Resource Management

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