Introduction : governing and managing knowledge in Asia / Thomas Menkhoff, Hans-Dieter Evers and Yue Wah Chay -- pt. I. What is knowledge?. ch. 1. Knowledge of enterprise : knowledge management or knowledge technology? / Milan Zeleny. ch. 2. "Knowledge" and the sociology of science / Hans-Dieter Evers -- pt. II. The rise of Asian knowledge society. ch. 3. The knowledge gap and the digital divide / Hans-Dieter Evers. ch. 4. Local and global knowledge : social science research on South-east Asia / Solvay Gerke and Hans-Dieter Evers. ch. 5. Transition towards a knowledge society : Malaysia and Indonesia in global perspective / Hans-Dieter Evers -- pt. III. Strategic groups as K-economy drivers. ch. 6. Knowledge management : an essential tool for the public sector / Thomas B. Riley. ch. 7. Reflections about the role of expert knowledge and consultants in an emerging knowledge-based economy / Hans-Dieter Evers and Thomas Menkhoff. ch. 8. Knowledge in development : epistemic machineries in a global context / Hans-Dieter Evers, Markus Kaiser and Christine Müller. ch. 9. Building vibrant science and technology parks with knowledge management : trends in Singapore / Thomas Menkhoff [und weitere]. ch. 10. Applying knowledge management in university research / Benjamin Loh [und weitere] -- pt. IV. KM applications and challenges. ch. 11. Notes from an "Intelligent Island" : towards strategic knowledge management in Singapore's small business sector / Thomas Menkhoff, Yue Wah Chay and Benjamin Loh. ch. 12. Collaboration and competition : the Knowledge Research Institute of Singapore as a model KM system / Patrick Lambe. ch. 13. Creating a KM platform for strategic success : a case study of Wipro Technologies, India / RaviShankar Mayasandra N. and Shan Ling Pan -- pt. V. Focus on K-sharing behavior in organizations. ch. 14. What makes knowledge sharing in organizations tick? - an empirical study / Yue Wah Chay [und weitere]. ch. 15. The moderating effects of friendship ties and dispositional factors on inducement and knowledge sharing among employees / Ho-Beng Chia [und weitere]
Based on the success of the World Scientific publication OC Governing and Managing KnowledgeOCO edited by Thomas Menkhoff, Hans-Dieter Evers and Chay Yue Wah in 2005, this unique volume presents 16 new theoretical-practical papers on the strategic aspects of developing knowledge-based economies with case studies from South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines and Uzbekistan. A key question which the book seeks to answer is what Asian policy-makers and leaders in government, economy and society can do to further enhance learning and capability formation so as to foster sustainable development in an increasingly globalized world. It addresses the politico-cultural and socio-economic challenges of effectively managing both knowledge resources and coping with the great digital divide created by globalization, continuous technology innovations and rapid external change. A key objective of the publication is to enable latecomers in the knowledge race to understand some of the critical success factors of sustainable knowledge-based development and what it takes to build a resilient knowledge-based economy.
The field of knowledge for development now occupies a top position on the agenda of all Asian governments as well as large development organizations. This book reflects this mega-trend of development towards KBEs (Knowledge Based Economies). For this 2nd edition all chapters have been thoroughly edited and data, tables and graphs have been updated to reflect the latest available statistics. Trends have been re-evaluated and adjusted to reflect recent developments in the fast-moving scene of knowledge governance and knowledge management.
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