The Essentials of Knowledge Management

1. Introduction: Setting the Scene
John S. Edwards

Part I. Foundations

2. Management Knowledge and Knowledge Management: Realism and Forms of Truth
John Mingers

3. The Theoretical Foundations of Knowledge Management
Richard Baskerville, Alina Dulipovici

Part II. Strategic Issues

4. The Knowledge-creating Theory Revisited: Knowledge Creation as a Synthesizing Process
Ikujiro Nonaka, Ryoko Toyama

5. Absorptive Capacity: A Proposed Operationalization
Jean-Pierre Noblet, Eric Simon, Robert Parent

6. Knowledge as a Measurable Object in Business Contexts: A Stock-and-Flow Approach
Ettore Bolisanl, Alessandro Oltramari

7. A Conceptual Framework for Unlearning in a Homecare Setting
Juan Gabriel Cegarra-Navarro, Anthony K. P. Wensley, María Teresa Sánchez Polo

8. A Study of Knowledge Management Enablers across Countries
Rémy Magnier-Watanabe, Caroline Benton, Dai Senoo

Part III. Understanding Knowledge Transfer/Sharing

9. Transfer of Knowledge in Knowledge Management Systems: Unexplored Issues and Suggested Studies
GP Huber

10. A Measure of Knowledge Sharing Behavior: Scale Development and Validation
Jialin Yi

Part IV. People or Technology Approaches?

11. Reproducing Knowledge: Xerox and the Story of Knowledge Management
Andrew Cox

12. Managing Large Amounts of Knowledge Objects: Cognitive and Organisational Problems
Antonella Padova, Enrico Scarso

Part V. Newer Technological Developments

13. Codifying Collaborative Knowledge: Using Wikipedia as a Basis for Automated Ontology Learning
Tao Guo, David G. Schwartz, Frada Burstein, Henry Linger

14. Deciding to Use an Enterprise Wiki: The Role of Social Institutions and Scripts
Paul Jackson, Jane Klobas

15. The Role of Social Networks in Knowledge Creation
Julia Nieves, Javier Osorio

Keywords: Business and Management, Business Information Systems, Operations Management, Management, Knowledge Management, Business Strategy/Leadership, IT in Business