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The Knowledge Creating Company
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The Japanese companies, masters of manufacturing, have also been leaders in the creation, management, and use of knowledge-especially the tacit and often subjective insights, intuitions, and ideas of employees as discussed by the authors.Abstract:
Japanese companies, masters of manufacturing, have also been leaders in the creation, management, and use of knowledge-especially the tacit and often subjective insights, intuitions, and ideas of employees.read more
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A Dynamic Theory of Organizational Knowledge Creation
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Toward a Knowledge-Based Theory of the Firm
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Explicating dynamic capabilities: the nature and microfoundations of (sustainable) enterprise performance
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