Knowledge Management - Dependency, Creation and Loss in Industrial History

This shortform book presents key peer-reviewed research selected by expert series editors and contextualised by new analysis from each author on the subject of knowledge management in industrial history.

List of contents

Introduction John Wilson, Ian Jones, Steven Toms 1. From knowledge dependence to knowledge creation: Industrial growth and technological advance of the Japanese electronics industry Charles Harvey, Mairi Maclean, and Tony Hayward 2. Management qualification and dissemination of knowledge in regional innovation systems: The case of Norway 1930s-1990s Ove Bjarnar, Rolv Petter Amdam and Hallgier Gammelsaeter 3. 'Neither a sleepy village nor a coarse factory town': Skill in the Greater Springfield Massachusetts industrial economy, 1800-1990 Robert Forrant

About the author

John F. Wilson is Pro Vice-Chancellor (Business and Law) at Northumbria University at Newcastle. He has published widely in the fields of business, management and industrial history, including ten monographs, six edited collections and over seventy articles and chapters.
Ian Jones is Senior Research Assistant at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, and has previously won the John F. Mee Best Paper Award at the Academy of Management in 2018 for his contribution to the Management History Division.
Steven Toms is Professor of Accounting at the University of Leeds. He is former Editor of Business History. His research interests are focused on accounting and financial history and the history of the textile industry.

Product details

• Authors: John F. (Northumbria University Wilson
• Assisted by: Ian Jones (Editor), Toms Steven (Editor), John F. Wilson (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032077277
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3207727-7
• No. of pages: 118
• Series: Routledge Focus on Industrial History
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, Knowledge Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Energy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Research & Development, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Knowledge Capital, Management & management techniques, Research & development management, History of specific companies / corporate history, Energy industries & utilities, Management and management techniques, Energy industries and utilities, Research and development management, Entrepreneurship / Start-ups