Research Catalog

Title

Connectivity and knowledge management in virtual organizations : networking and developing interactive communications / Cesar Camison [and others], editor.

Publication

Hershey, PA : Information Science Reference, [2009], ©2009.

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Additional Authors

Camison, Cesar, 1958-

Description

xxv, 423 pages : illustrations; 29 cm

Summary

"This book analyzes different types of virtual communities, proposing Knowledge Management as a solid theoretical ground for approaching their management"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

• Virtual reality in management
• Knowledge management
• Virtual corporations > Management
• Information networks

Note

• "Premier reference source"--Cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 356-408) and index.

Contents

Sect. I. Building Virtual Communities for Sharing Knowledge -- Ch. I. Interrelationships Between Professional Virtual Communities and Social Networks, and the Importance of Virtual Communities in Creating and Sharing Knowledge / Fernando Garrigos -- Ch. II. The Role of Trust, Satisfaction, and Communication in the Development of Participation in Virtual Communities / Luis V. Casalo, Carlos Flavian and Miguel Guinaliu -- Sect. II. Networking and Knowledge Management for Competitive Advantage -- Ch. III. Can Virtual Networks Encourage Knowledge Absorptive Capacity? / Cesar Camison, Beatriz Fores Julian and Alba Puig Denia -- Ch. IV. Knowledge Integration Through Inter-Organizational Virtual Organizations / Montserrat Boronat Navarro and Ana Villar Lopez -- Sect. III. Knowledge Management in Virtual Organizations -- Ch. V. Visualizing Knowledge Networks and Flows to Enhance Organizational Metacognition in Virtual Organizations / Mark E. Nissen -- Ch. VI. Model on Knowledge-Governance: Collaboration Focus and Communities of Practice / Eduardo Bueno Campos, Carlos Merino Moreno and Reinaldo Plaz Landaeta -- Ch. VII. Knowledge Management in SMEs Clusters / Josep Capo-Vicedo, Jose V. Tomas-Miquel and Manuel Exposito-Langa -- Sect. IV. Knowledge Management Tools -- Ch. VIII. Tools for Supporting Knowledge Management: Knowledge Internalization Through E-Learning / Raquel Sanchis, Jose V. Tomas and Raul Poler -- Ch. IX. The Value of Virtual Networks for Knowledge Management: A Tool for Practical Development / Cesar Camison, Carlos Devece, Daniel Palacios and Carles Camison-Haba -- Ch. X. Human Capital and E-Learning: Developing Knowledge Through Virtual Networks / M. Eugenia Fabra and Cesar Camison -- Sect. V. Specific Problems and Industries -- Ch. XI. The Development of Knowledge and Information Networks in Tourism Destinations / Julio da Costa Mendes -- Ch. XII. E-Government Challenges: Barriers and Facilitators in Spanish City Councils / E. Claver-Cortes, S. De Juana-Espinosa and J. J. Tari -- Ch. XIII. Business Analytics Success: A Conceptual Framework and an Application to Virtual Organizing / Hindupur Ramakrishna, Avijit Sarkar and Jyoti Bachani -- Ch. XIV. The Evolution from Data to Wisdom in Decision-Making at the Level of Real and Virtual Networks / Andrew Targowski -- Ch. XV. Editor Conclusions / Cesar Camison, Daniel Palacios, Fernando Garrigos and Carlos Devece -- Sect. VI. Selected Readings -- Ch. XVI. A Complex Adaptive Systems-Based Enterprise Knowledge Sharing Model / Cynthia T. Small and Andrew P. Sage -- Ch. XVII. Developing a Telecommunication Operation Support Systems (OSS): The Impact of a Change in Network Technology / James G. Williams and Kai A. Olsen -- Ch. XVIII. Enabling the Virtual Organization with Agent Technology / Tor Guimaraes -- Ch. XIX. Virtual Communities of Practice: A Mechanism for Efficient Knowledge Retrieval in MNCs / Jens Gammelgaard and Thomas Ritter.

ISBN

• 9781605660707 (hardvoer)
• 1605660701 (hardvoer)
• 9781605660714 (ebook)
• 160566071X (ebook)

LCCN

• 2008020499
• 99821939105

OCLC

• ocn228503192
• SCSB-9037945

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries