Knowledge Integration The Practice of Knowledge Management in Small and Medium Enterprises /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jetter, Antonie (Editor), Schröder, Hans-Horst (Editor), Kraaijenbrink, Jeroen (Editor), Wijnhoven, Fons (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD, 2006.
• Subjects: Business.; Knowledge management.; Personnel management.; Management.; Industrial management.; Business and Management.; Knowledge Management.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Human Resource Management.

The ability to manage knowledge is relevant for millions of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) that operate in high-tech environments. They strongly depend on external knowledge about customers, technologies, and competitors because, as opposed to large companies, they have limited internal k...

Table of Contents:

• Knowledge Management: More than a Buzzword
• Knowledge Integration by SMEs — Framework
• Knowledge Integration by SMEs - Practice
• Organizing the Toolbox - Typology and Alignment of KI Solutions
• Elicitation — Extracting Knowledge from Experts
• Codification — Knowledge Maps
• Detection — Electronic Knowledge Retrieval
• Assessment — Making Sense of It All
• Transfer - Knowledge Transfer in Networks
• Motivating — Incentive Systems for Knowledge Provision
• Supporting Knowledge Integration at SMEs — The KINX Portal
• Supporting Knowledge Integration at SMEs — Policies
• Wrapping It All Up - Past, Present and Future of Knowledge Integration.