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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783385403321

Titolo

Selected papers from the 25th McMaster world congress on intellectual capital and innovation, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada [[electronic resource] /] / Guest editors Nick Bontis and Christopher K. Bart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2004

ISBN

1-280-51556-2

9786610515561

1-84544-417-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (114 p.)

Collana

The Learning Organization. No. 4/5 ; ; Vol. 11

Altri autori (Persone)

BontisNick

BartChristopher K

Soggetti

Management

Information services - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Abstracts and keywords; Abstracts and keywords; Guest editorial; Learning in strategic alliances; Principles for designing pragmatic knowledge management systems; External communities of practice and relational capital; Intellectual capital in Egyptian software firms; Measuring strategic value-drivers for managing intellectual capital; Measurement and application of intellectual capital in Turkey; Downsizing – intellectual capital performance anorexia or enhancement?; Intellectual capital and new public management

Reconciling the rigor-relevance dilemma in intellectual capital researchBook review; Call for papers;

Sommario/riassunto

Although organizational learning occurs through individuals, it would be a mistake to conclude that organizational learning is nothing but the cumulative result of their members' learning. Organizations do not have brains, but they have cognitive systems and memories. A device cited in this literature as an important tool for organizational learning is the ''Strategic Alliance'' – an important element of contemporary



firms' competitive strategies. This paper attempts to look at the phenomenon of inter-organizational learning through the socio-cultural-historical lens of Vygotsky and hopes to a