Knowledge Emergence or Solid Waste Engineering

Knowledge Emergence: Social, Technical, and Evolutionary Dimensions of Knowledge Creation

Author: Ikujiro Nonaka

This book brings together the research of a number of scholars in the field of knowledge creation and imparts a sense of order to the field. The chapters share three characteristics: they are all grounded in extensive qualitative and/or quantitative research; they all go beyond the mere description of the knowledge-creation process and offer both theoretical and strategic implications; they share a view of knowledge creation and knowledge transfer as delicate processes, necessitating particular forms of support from managers.

Table of Contents:

Contributors

1. Introduction: Knowledge Emergence, Ikujiro Nonaka and Toshihiro Nishiguchi

Part I Knowledge, BA, and Care

2. Emergence of "Ba": A Conceptual Framework for the Continuous and Self-transcending Process of Knowledge Development of Business Organizations, Ikujiro Nonaka, Noboru Konno, and Ryoko Toyama

3. Bringing Care into Knowledge Development of Business Organizations, Georg Von Krogh, Kazuo Ichijo, and Ikujiro Nonaka

Part II Technology and Cooperation

4. The Influence of New 3-D CAD Systems on Knowledge Creation in product Development, Kentaro Nobeoka and Yasunori Baba

5. The Impact of Technology on Knowledge Creation: A Study of Experimentation in Integrated Circuit Design, Stefan H. Thomke

6. The Temporal Dynamics of Knowledge Creation in the Information Society

7. Focusing Creativity: Microsoft's "Synch-and-Stabalize" Approach to Software Product Development, Michael A. Cusumano

8. Cooperation and Knowledge Creation, Giorgio De Michelis

Part III Transnational Knowledge Creation

9. Multinational Enterprises and Cross-Border Knowledge Creation, D. Eleanor Westney

10. Knowledge Creation and the Internationalization of Japanese Companies: Front-Line Management Across Borders, Kenichi Yasumuro and D. Eleanor Westney

Part IV Interfirm Relations

11. Coevolution of Interorganzational Relations, Toshihiro Nishiguchi

12. "Co-opetition" in the Japanese Aircraft Industry, Sigrun Caspary and Tishihiro Nishiguchi

13. Shukko (Employee Transfers) and Tacit Knowledge Exchange in Japanese Supply Networks: The ElectronicsIndustry Case, James R. Lincoln and Christina Ahmadjian

14. Absorptive Capacity, Co-opetition, and Knowledge Creation: Samsung's Leapfrogging in Semiconductors, Linsu Kim

15. Conclusion: Social, Technical, and Evolutionary Dimensions of Knowledge Creation, Ikujiro Nonaka and Toshihiro Nishiguchi

Index

See also: My French Vue or Power Juices

Solid Waste Engineering

Author: P Aarne Vesilind

SOLID WASTE ENGINEERING is one of a handful of engineering textbooks to address the growing and increasingly intricate problem of controlling and processing the refuse created by our urban society. While the authors discuss issues such as regulations and legislation, their main emphasis is on solid waste engineering principles. They maintain their focus on principles by first explaining the basic principles of the field, then demonstrating how these principles are applied in real world settings through worked examples.