Knowledge Entanglements An International and Multidisciplinary Approach

by Choi, Chong Ju; Millar, Carla J. M. C.; Wong, Caroline Y.L.

• ISBN13: 9781403991706
• ISBN10: 1403991707
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-04-03
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book looks at the complexity of knowledge. It takes into account diverse disciplines such as economics, social sciences, international business, and organization studies. The authors focus on knowledge internationally from a macro to a more micro level, from the state to households, from knowledge production to knowledge consumption, lifting the veil on knowledge complexities. By making the complexities more transparent, the authors enrich readers' understanding and illuminate their perception of knowledge as a key factor in the development of the twenty-first century world.

Author Biography

Carla C. J. M. Millar is Professor of International Marketing and Management at the School of Business, Public Administration and Technology, at the University of Twente in the The Netherlands.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
List of Tables	viii
Acknowledgements	ix
Preface	xi
Introduction	1	(8)
1 Knowledge and Entanglements: Knowledge Complexity in the Literature	9	(10)
Knowledge in Economic Theory	10	(2)
Knowledge in International Business	12	(1)
Knowledge in an Institutional, Social Context	13	(3)
Knowledge Entanglements: Sub-networks	16	(3)
2 Knowledge and the State: Industrial Districts and Entrepreneurship	19	(20)
Asian Entrepreneurship and International Business	20	(3)
Asian Entrepreneurship Theories and Disciplines	23	(5)
Entrepreneurship — The Taiwanese Business System	28	(3)
Taiwan and International Business Research	31	(2)
Asian Capitalism and Industrial Districts	33	(4)
The State and Industrial District Creation	37	(2)
3 Knowledge and Cities: A Resource-based View	39	(14)
The Resource-based View of Cities	42	(2)
Cities' Paradigms: Economics, Geography, Urban Planning	44	(3)
Human, Social, Cultural and Creative Capital	47	(2)
Cities, RBV and Management Research	49	(4)
4 Knowledge and Households: Value Creation through Consumption	53	(12)
Knowledge and Value	56	(2)
Firms and Households	58	(2)
Firms, Organization Structure and Households	60	(5)
5 Knowledge and Exchange: An Ethical Consideration	65	(12)
Exchange as a Basis for Conceptualizing Business Ethics	68	(1)
Knowledge-based Exchange	69	(2)
Ethical Issues in Knowledge Exchange	71	(6)
6 Knowledge and Measurement: Reciprocity and Commensuration	77	(20)
Knowledge-based Services and Market Exchange	81	(1)
Invisible Assets and Invisible Value	82	(3)
Measurement and Exchange	85	(2)
Globalization and Global Corporate Capitalism	87	(1)
Capitalism: Shareholders and Stakeholders	88	(2)
Measurement and Stakeholders	90	(1)
Commensuration and Reciprocity	91	(1)
Global Corporate Capitalism and Cultural Industries	92	(5)
7 Knowledge and Competition: Complexity, Value and Disproportionate Competition	97	(22)
Organizations as Complex Entities	99	(9)
Value Creation in Knowledge-based Industries	108	(2)
Creation of Value	110	(2)
Schema for Value Creation in Knowledge-based Industries	112	(3)
Ranked Versus Unranked: Disproportionate Value	115	(4)
Conclusions	119	(8)
References	127	(23)
Index	150