Managing knowledge integration across boundaries / edited by Fredrik Tell ... [et al.] - Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2017. - xx, 305 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.



Introduction : managing knowledge integration across boundaries / Fredrik Tell, Christian Berggren, Stefano Brusoni, and Andrew Van de Ven -- Part I. Conceptual underpinnings. Managing across knowledge boundaries / Fredrik Tell -- Effective management of collective design processes : knowledge profiles and the sequential ordering of tasks / Steven Postrel -- Relating knowledge integration and absorptive capacity : knowledge boundaries and reflective agency in path-dependent processes / Christian Berggren, Jörg Sydow, and Fredrik Tell -- Bridging the individual-to-organization divide : a knowledge creation approach / Lars Lindkvist and Marie Bengtsson -- Part II. Boundary-crossing knowledge integration in context. Open innovation : managing knowledge integration across multiple boundaries / Lars Bengtsson, Nicolette Lakemond, Keld Laursen, and Fredrik Tell -- Division of labour, supplier relationships, and knowledge integration / Federica Ceci and Andrea Prencipe -- Knowledge, uncertainty, and the boundaries of the firm : evidence from a study of Formula One racing constructors, 1950-2000 / Fabrizio Castellucci and Gianluca Carnabuci -- Struggling with knowledge boundaries and stickiness : case studies of innovating firms in an emerging economy / Solmaz Filiz Karabag and Christian Berggren -- How boundary organizations facilitate collaboration across diverse communities / Markus Perkmann -- Talking through objects : the sociopolitical dynamics embodied in boundary objects in architectural work / Dmitrijs Kravcenko and Jacky Swan -- Bridging scientists and informal R&D collaborations : implications for firm-level knowledge integration and patent performance / Annapoornima M. Subramanian, Kwanghui Lim, and Pek-hooi Soh -- Knowledge integration at work : individual project competence in agile projects / Karin Bredin, Cecilia Enberg, Camilla Niss, and Jonas Söderlund -- Retrieval of knowledge across team boundaries : role of transactive memory systems in a restructuring global organization / Sirkka L. Jarvenpaa and Yongsuk Kim -- Boundary spanning, boundary objects, and innovation / Andrew Van de Ven and Shaker A. Zahra.

Knowledge integration-the purposeful combination of specialized and complementary knowledge to achieve specific tasks-is increasingly important for organizations. This book offers a consistent set of ideas, methods and tools useful to interpret, analyze and act upon the processes of knowledge integration across organizational and other boundaries.

9780198785972

2016939416


Management information systems
Knowledge management

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