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The Knowledge-creating Company. How Japanese Companies Create the Dynamics of Innovation.
Nonaka, Ikujiro; Takeuchi, Hirotaka
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Description for The Knowledge-creating Company. How Japanese Companies Create the Dynamics of Innovation.
This book seeks an answer to the question: exactly what are the unique characteristics of Japanese firms in product development behaviour? The authors conclude that Japanese firms uniquely manage knowledge - they create it in the course of product development. Num Pages: 304 pages, line figures, tables. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KJK; KJM; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 576.
How has Japan become a major economic power, a world leader in the automotive and electronics industries? What is the secret of their success? The consensus has been that, though the Japanese are not particularly innovative, they are exceptionally skilful at imitation, at improving products that already exist. But now two leading Japanese business experts, Ikujiro Nonaka and Hiro Takeuchi, turn this conventional wisdom on its head: Japanese firms are successful, they contend, precisely because they are innovative, because they create new knowledge and use it to produce successful products and technologies. Examining case studies drawn from such firms ... Read more
How has Japan become a major economic power, a world leader in the automotive and electronics industries? What is the secret of their success? The consensus has been that, though the Japanese are not particularly innovative, they are exceptionally skilful at imitation, at improving products that already exist. But now two leading Japanese business experts, Ikujiro Nonaka and Hiro Takeuchi, turn this conventional wisdom on its head: Japanese firms are successful, they contend, precisely because they are innovative, because they create new knowledge and use it to produce successful products and technologies. Examining case studies drawn from such firms ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195092691
SKU
V9780195092691
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-28
About Nonaka, Ikujiro; Takeuchi, Hirotaka
Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi are both Professors of Management at the Institute of Business Research, Hitosubashi University.
Reviews for The Knowledge-creating Company. How Japanese Companies Create the Dynamics of Innovation.
When the authors detail specific examples of knowledge creation, the reader's interest awakens.
The Wall Street Journal
Nonaka and Tekuchi demonstrate for the reader how it is possible to transfer tacit knowledge into explicit, which in turn is used to create new knowledge.
Knowledge Management, June 2000
Nonaka is indispensable.
Financial Times
Nonaka and ... Read more
The Wall Street Journal
Nonaka and Tekuchi demonstrate for the reader how it is possible to transfer tacit knowledge into explicit, which in turn is used to create new knowledge.
Knowledge Management, June 2000
Nonaka is indispensable.
Financial Times
Nonaka and ... Read more