Knowledge and Innovation : A Comparative Study of the USA, the UK and Japan

ISBN-13: 9780415541589 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 224 str.

Helen Brown

Opis

With case studies from the US, the UK and Japan, this text is packed full of vignettes from cases studies and subscribing to a socio-cultural approach rather than the often tacit assumption that knowledge and 'technology transfer' is a logistical problem, this text illuminates the often misunderstood process of knowledge transfer.

Spis treści

1. Introduction and Overview  2. The Theoretical Lanscape of Knowledge Transfer  3. A Natural History of my Research Methodology  4. Reconstruction Subject Perspectives  5. Horizontal Expansion of the Object by Collaboration of Experts  6. Mediation between Activity Systems of Unequal Agency  7. The Impact of Complexity and Power Dynamics on Organizational Learning  8. Using Evaluation as a Tool for Learning  9. Insights from the Research Findings  10. A Toolkit to Support Organizational Learning  11. Conclusions

O autorze

Helen Brown