Knowledge Assets Securing Competitive Advantage in the Information Economy

Name: Knowledge Assets Securing Competitive Advantage in the Information Economy
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ISBN: 9780198296072

ISBN-10: 019829607X

ISBN-13: 9780198296072

Edition: 1999

Authors: Max H. Boisot

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It is now widely recognized that the effective management of knowledge assets is a key requirement for securing competitive advantage in the emerging information economy. Yet the physical and institutional differences between tangible assets and knowledge assets remain poorly understood. In the case of knowledge, the ownership and control of assets are becoming ever more separate, a phenomenon that is actually exacerbated by the phenomenon of learning. If we are to meet the challenges of the information economy, then we need a new approach to property rights based on a deeper theoretical understanding of knowledge assets. Max Boisot writes clearly and in accessible language providing some…

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List price: $96.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/23/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 308
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English

Max Boisot is currently Professor of Strategic Management at ESADE, Barcelona and Senior Associate at the Judge Institute of Management Studies at the University of Cambridge.



Preface



Introduction



The Information Perspective



The Information Space (I-Space)



The Paradox of Value



Neoclassical versus Schumpeterian Orientation to Learning



Culture as a Knowledge Asset



Products, Technologies, and Organizations in the Social Learning Cycle



Competence and Intent



IT and its Impact



Applying the I-Space



Recapitulation and Conclusion