Knowledge and Innovation in Business and Industry - The Importance of Using Others

Informationen zum Autor Håkan Håkansson is Professor in International Management, Norwegian School of Management. Alexandra Waluszewski is Director of the Science & Technology Studies Center (STS) at Uppsala University, as well as a senior lecturer in the Department of Business Studies. Klappentext Dealing with the notion of knowledge and innovation in the business industry! this volume provides readers with a holistic approach to the subject of 'knowledge'. It invites the business-minded reader to consider the costs of adopting new knowledge and innovation within a business setting. Zusammenfassung Provocative and reflective, this volume on the notion of knowledge and innovation in the business industry provides readers with a holistic approach to the subject of ‘knowledge’. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Economic Use of Knowledge 2. Resources in Use: The Embedded Electricity 3. Introducing 'Old' Knowledge in an Established User Context: Or How to Use Wood in the Construction Industry 4. Conscious Use of Others’ Interface Knowledge: Or How IKEA Can Keep the Price of the Lack Table Constant over Decades 5. Handling Resource Interfaces in a Planned Economy or How Tipografiya Solves Interaction Issues Without Direct Interaction 6. Use of Knowledge in the Model World: Lessons to Learn from Economic Literature 7. The Only Means to Create Use

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Hakan Waluszewski Hakansson
• Collaboration: Håkan Håkansson (Editeur), Alexandra Waluszewski (Editeur), Waluszewski Alexandra (Editeur)
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 14.05.2007
• EAN: 9780415425292
• ISBN: 978-0-415-42529-2
• Pages: 192
• Thème: Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology
• Catégories: Sciences sociales, droit, économie > Sociologie; Sociology, Business & Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Society & culture: general, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Business Development, Political Economy, Research & development management, Society and culture: general, Research and development management