Knowledge and Strategy

by Michael H. Zack (Editor)

Overview

First Published in 1999. This is the first knowledge book in the Resources for the Knowledge-Based Economy Readers'series to link the two hot topics of knowledge and strategy. The book centers around the concept of treating organizational knowledge as a valuable strategy asset. Knowledge strategy is a natural extension of the historical development of business strategy in general. The book includes seminal articles on the subject.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750670883
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/13/1999
Series:	Knowledge Reader Series
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Michael H. Zack, Walsh Research Porfessor at the College of Business Administration, Northeeastern University, is an educator, researcher and consultant specialising in the management of information and knowledge to enhance organsiation performance.

Table of Contents

Part 1 The Resource-Based View of the Firm; Chapter 1 The Resource-Based Theory of Competitive Advantage, Robert M. Grant; Chapter 2 Competing on Resources, David J. Collis, Cynthia A. Montgomery; Chapter 3 The Core Competence of the Corporation, C. K. Prahalad, Gary Hamel; Part 2 The Resource-Based View of Knowledge; Chapter 4 Excerpt from The Theory of the Growth of the Firm, Edith T. Penrose; Chapter 5 Beyond the Knowledge Worker, Paul M. Romer; Chapter 6 Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management, David J. Teece, Gary Pisano, Amy Shuen; Chapter 7 Organizational Knowledge, Collective Practice and Penrose Rents, J.-C. Spender; Chapter 8 Prospering in Dynamically-Competitive Environments, Robert M. Grant; Part 3 Characteristics of Knowledge as a Strategic Asset; Chapter 9 Knowledge and Competence as Strategic Assets, Sidney G. Winter; Chapter 10 The Strategic Analysis of Intangible Resources, Richard Hall; Chapter 11 Knowledge, Strategy, and the Theory of the Firm, Julia Porter Liebeskind; Part 4 Knowledge and Strategy; Chapter 12 Tacit Knowledge, Hubert Saint-Onge; Chapter 13 Generic Knowledge Strategies in the U.S. Pharmaceutical Industry, Paul Bierly, Alok Chakrabarti; Chapter 14 Is Your Firm a Creative Destroyer?, Max H. Boisot; Chapter 15 Leveraging Intellect, James Brian Quinn, Philip Anderson, Sydney Finkelstein;

Editorial Reviews

The book includes several of the most important articles about knowledge and competences/capabilities as strategic assets in the resoure-based tradition.
Technovation - Dr Jonathon Sapsed - 2001

From the Publisher

Argues that managing knowledge should be part of every organization's business strategy, and sets out some of he theoretical underpinnings of knowledge strategy. The topics include the core competence of the corporation, beyond the knowledge worker, the strategic analysis of intangible resources, and leveraging intellect. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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