Extra-Organizational Knowledge Processes 2nd Ed.

Managing Knowledge — Unit 5

The Open University

Publisher: The Open University, 2001, 65 pages

ISBN: 0-7492-7759-9

Keywords: Knowledge Management, MBA

Last modified: Jan. 25, 2014, 10:53 p.m.

Open University Business School MBA B823 Managing Knowledge

  1. Introduction
    • 1.1 Aims
    • 1.2 Learning Objectives
  2. The Rationale of External Activity
    • 2.1 Knowledge and Markets
    • 2.2 Public Policy Objectives in Knowledge Markets
    • 2.3 The Balance Between Public and Private Knowledge
    • 2.4 Why Organizations Want External Knowledge
    • 2.5 Why Organizations are Willing to Share Knowledge
    • 2.6 The Changing Nature of Knowledge Production
    • 2.7 Knowledge-Sharing Mechanisms
    • 2.8 External Knowledge Services
  3. Institutions and Levels
    • 3.1 Sectoral Level Institutions
      • Private institutions in the chemical industry
      • The Chemical Industries Association (CIA)
      • The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
      • European and international institutions in the chemical industry
    • 3.2 National Level Knowledge Creation
    • 3.3 The Regulatory System
      • The global system of administration
      • EU legislative framework
      • United Kongdom legislation
      • New regulatory developments — the case of digital technologies
  4. Collaboration — Networks and Alliances
    • 4.1 Types of Collaboration
      • Limited co-operation
      • Moderate co-operation
      • Broad co-operation
    • 4.2 Collaboration — What is a Network Organization?
      • The property sector
      • The motor industry
      • Small firms
      • Complex technologies
      • The public sector
    • 4.3 Networks — Costs and Benefits
    • 4.4 Promoting and Managing Networks
      • Operating within the network
    • 4.5 Networks — Their Increasing Span
  5. Technology Transfer
    • 5.1 What is Technology Transfer?
    • 5.2 Technology Transfer and Purpose
    • 5.3 Transfer Processes and Patterns of Diffusion
      • The processes
      • The patterns of diffusion
    • 5.4 Mechanisms of Technology Transfer
      • The sponsors of technology transfer
      • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
      • International technology transfer
  6. Conclusion

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Extra-Organizational Knowledge Processes

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Last modified: May 21, 2007, 3:04 a.m.

MBA material, what do you expect?

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