Knowledge Management in Innovative Companies 2


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The status of knowledge management (KM) as a mature science has long been recognized in the academic world. However, in the economic arena, its connection with companies and organizations has been more gradual. Jean-Louis Ermine established a theoretical and practical framework for KM in Knowledge Management: The Creative Loop, which was also published by Wiley. In this second volume, practical examples are illustrated with real case studies. Modeled on the four-step operational approach inspired by the creative loop, this book includes four sets of real case studies each one following the basic presentation of the fundamental material. Knowledge Management in Innovative Companies 2 is especially useful for practitioners, as there are numerous illustrations based on best practices for each specific KM step and for global project implementation. Indeed, the last chapter is dedicated to the implementation of a global KM corporate project.




Knowledge and Ideation


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Our world overwhelms us with more and more data everyday. Yet we need to face many challenges in order to dealwith its complexity – notably to discern the essential from theaccessory, to exploit quality and not quantity, to explore the depth of our knowledge and to produce from it, in a reasoned way, effective ideas to be put into action. A synthesis of a triple experience in industry, pedagogy andacademia, Knowledge and Ideation presents numerous concepts, such as the dematerialized knowledge object, inventive intellectual heritage, inventive potential, and knowledge-based ideation. This book develops and describes applications in the form of case studies while proposing prospects.




Management of Extreme Situations


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In response to the rise of various forms of the extreme in economies, organizations and societies (such as disruptive innovation, climate emergency, financial crisis, high-risk sport, etc.), an ambitious 21st century program sets the agenda of management sciences around the unknown, disruption, uncertainty and risk. Management of Extreme Situations presents the research results from the conference organized at the Cerisy-la-Salle International Cultural Center, France, in 2016. It testifies to the existence of an international community that brings together, around management sciences, various disciplines studying the management concept of extreme situations. Through the analysis of varied contexts (polar and mountain expeditions, fire rescue services, exploration projects in the military field, creative industries, etc.), this book offers an initial grammar of the extreme. It presents a heuristic for the management of these situations – particularly in terms of sensemaking, ambidexterity and knowledge expansion.




Trends in Enterprise Knowledge Management


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Knowledge Management (KM) encompasses a wide range of tools and methods that are at the heart of the information and communication society and provide solutions that rely as much on organization as on technology. This title brings together contributions from authors from a range of countries who are recognized as leading figures in this field, both in an academic and a practical sense. It describes the strategic aspects of KM and defines the underlying principles in terms of management, life cycle, process, methods and tools involved in this discipline. Several approaches to the running of KM within organizations are then discussed. The influence of KM on the performance of a company is analyzed and guidelines are given on various KM approaches that can be used to achieve specific goals. Finally, several case studies of companies that have put KM at the heart of their organizational strategy are given to demonstrate how this approach has been put into practice. Given the practical approach taken by this book and the considerable advantages that a good handling of KM can bring to an organization, this title will be of great interest to those involved in this field.




Knowledge Management and Innovation


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This book explores the relationships between knowledge management (KM) processes and innovation management. The geographical extension of markets and intensification of competition have led firms to experiment with novel approaches to innovation. New organizational forms emerged in which firms collaborate with various stakeholders to create, absorb, integrate and protect knowledge. This book explores how knowledge management processes evolve with firms' implementation of interactive, collaborative and open innovation models and it identifies the various knowledge types and processes involved throughout the different phases of the innovation process. The authors provide operational typologies for understanding innovative firms' capabilities and knowledge management practices and also discuss the main properties of four models of interactive innovation, namely open innovation, user-centric innovation, community-based innovation and crowdsourcing.




Gestion des connaissances et innovation


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La série Smart innovation présente les thèmes liés à la dynamique technologique, entrepreneuriale, territoriale et économique de l'innovation. Elle privilégie les approches novatrices des acteurs qui, par leurs comportements, stratégies et politiques d'innovation intelligente, modifient les modèles économiques dans une perspective de croissance durable. Abordées comme deux notions intimement liées, la gestion des connaissances et la gestion de l’innovation connaissent un changement radical. L’extension géographique des marchés et l’intensification de la concurrence ont conduit les entreprises à expérimenter de nouvelles approches de l’innovation. Des formes d’organisation inédites ont émergé, selon lesquelles les entreprises collaborent avec divers intervenants afin de créer, d’absorber, d’intégrer et de protéger les connaissances. Gestion des connaissances et innovation analyse comment les pratiques de gestion des connaissances évoluent grâce à la mise en place de modèles d’innovation interactifs, collaboratifs et ouverts des entreprises. Il identifie d’abord les processus d’acquisition et d’assimilation des connaissances impliqués dans les différentes phases de l’innovation. Puis les typologies opérationnelles sont détaillées et expliquées afin de comprendre les capacités d’innovation des entreprises et leurs pratiques de gestion des connaissances. Enfin, l’ouvrage propose une étude des principales caractéristiques des quatre modèles d’innovation interactive : l’innovation ouverte, l’innovation par les utilisateurs, l’innovation avec les communautés et le crowdsourcing.




Handbook of Research on Knowledge Management for Contemporary Business Environments


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Information is considered essential in every business model, which is why staying abreast of the latest resources can help combat many challenges and aid businesses in creating a synthesis between people and information, keeping up with evolving technologies, and keeping data accurate and secure. The Handbook of Research on Knowledge Management for Contemporary Business Environments is a critical scholarly publication that examines the management of knowledge resources in modern business contexts. Including a wide range of topics such as information systems, sustainable competitive advantage, and knowledge sharing, this publication is a vital reference source for managers, academicians, researchers, and students seeking current research on strategies that are able to manage the information in more than one context for present and future generations.




Training Engineers for Innovation


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Throughout history, engineers have been defined as those who bring technological innovation to society. However, the concept of innovation and the role of the engineer are now changing as a result of globalization, the digital revolution, growing inequalities and environmental concerns. Training Engineers for Innovation therefore analyzes the ways in which the educational systems for engineers are adapting to these new demands, as well as the conditions in which this training has developed. This book brings together the works of a consortium of researchers dedicated to the subject area as part of the Innov’Ing 2020 project. Its contributors present various means to devise effective pedagogies adapted to a holistic approach to innovation which incorporates the technical, economic, social, ethical and environmental dimensions of engineering.




Innovation Engines


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In an uncertain economy where business risk is significant, the company tends to rely more on its environment than to invest, for example, in all steps of technological creation; This can be explained by the fact that investments in the acquisition (ownership) of production resources are less expensive than those implied in the formation of these resources; which also explains the attractiveness (in an open economy) of regions with abundant scientific and technical resources. To understand and analyze the innovation process in order to better design and launch new goods, services and technologies, one has to consider the creative dimension of the individual, the business and the organization in general. In new approaches to innovation, the entrepreneur and the company are analyzed through their skills, and their function of resource generation; Innovation thus becomes endogenous, gradual or radical, integrated in a complex process with many feedbacks and interactions. The innovative organization (small or large) is presented in this book as a dynamic system composed of specific and diverse skills (including those of the contractor, engineers or managers). By acquiring, combining and mobilizing these skills, the innovative agent (entrepreneur or company) can create technological resources and develop relations with its environment. Hence the importance of management in design, implementation, protection of intellectual property as well as of the development of new goods, services and technology, commercial and organizational models.




Knowledge Management et Web 2.0 : Outils, méthodes et applications


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Les sociétés accumulent un volume considérable de connaissances techniques, environnementales, sociales, économiques et fiscales. Elles doivent rester pertinentes dans l’organisation et l’exploitation de cette masse d’information, et également apprendre à collaborer avec les outils de Knowledge Management. Cet ouvrage présente une démarche originale de mise en œuvre d'un système de management des connaissances qui comprend : - l’intégration d'infrastructures et l’utilisation des ressources externes ou internes, - les architectures fonctionnelles et techniques, - les technologies du Web 2.0, - les modes de gestion des connaissances et des métadonnées, - le modèle de traitement adapté, - la circulation des flux de connaissance. Cette évolution des usages nécessite la mise en place de nouveaux modes de management dans l'entreprise afin de préparer, conduire, expliquer les actions et définir les axes stratégiques. Le but étant ici de mettre en place un système efficace de gestion des connaissances évoluant vers des offres de services applicables à toute forme d’organisation : le Knowledge Management.