Knowledge Management Strategies for Business Development
ISBN: 978-1-60566-348-7; 425 pp; September 2009
Published under Business Science Reference, an imprint of IGI Global
http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?id=34744
Edited by: Meir Russ, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, USA
DESCRIPTION
As economies continue to evolve, knowledge is being recognized as a business asset and considered a crucial component of business strategy. The ability to manage knowledge is increasingly important for securing and maintaining organizational success and surviving in the knowledge economy.
Knowledge Management Strategies for Business Development addresses the relevance of knowledge management strategies for the advancement of organizations worldwide. This reference book supplies business practitioners, academicians, and researchers with comprehensive tools to systematically guide through a process that focuses on data gathering, analysis, and decision making.
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"Realizing that, in 1997 I developed one of the first classes that taught Knowledge Management in a Graduate Business program. Since then, I have been researching, consulting and teaching that subject in numerous countries and academic institutions, never having found a text that would completely satisfy my needs....This book is the fruition of our dream."
- Meir Russ, University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, USA
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TOPICS COVERED
Business and knowledge strategies
KARMA-knowledge assessment review and management audit
Knowledge at individual and organizational levels
Knowledge flow in hospitality
Knowledge management creation
Knowledge management case studies
Knowledge management for effective sales and marketing
Relational flexibility
SMEs and competitive advantage
Strategic alliances and knowledge management strategies
For more information about Knowledge Management Strategies for Business Development, you can view the title information sheet at http://www.igi-global.com/downloads/pdf/34744.pdf.
ABOUT THE EDITOR
Meir Russ received his PhD from The Ohio State University in strategic management, entrepreneurship, and international business. He also has an MBA and a BScEE from Tel Aviv University. He is currently an associate professor with the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. Dr. Russ currently teaches undergraduate and graduate classes in management and marketing. He also teaches a strategic emergency preparedness, planning and implementation class in the certificate for emergency management Master of Administrative Science Program at UW-GB. His research interests include knowledge-based strategies, the use of knowledge management for hospital preparedness and the new-knowledge based economic development, among others. In addition to his academic focus, Dr. Russ serves in a consulting capacity with a number of multinational companies in the area of global strategic management and knowledge management.
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