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Dynamics of Knowledge, Corporate Systems and Innovation TBD

:	Hiroyuki Itami, Ken Kusunoki, Tsuyoshi Numagami, Akira Takeishi
:	Hiroyuki Itami, Ken Kusunoki, Tsuyoshi Numagami, Akira Takeishi
:	Dynamics of Knowledge, Corporate Systems and Innovation TBD
:	Springer-Verlag
:	9783642044809
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:	CHF 135.20
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:	English

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Snow fell quietly the night before and the morning sun was shining brightly under the blue sky the next day. Looking out to the snow-white garden from a large w- dow, Sid Winter, one of the contributors to this book, was beaming with smile. It was such a nice and calm morning in the middle of December at a summer resort hotel one hour from Tokyo. That morning, he was going to present the last paper to our conference and to everyone's surprise, in the very same morning a praising book review of the Japanese translation of his famous book appeared in the major economic journal in Japan. Everyone congratulated him for the coincidence and it was such a happy ending to the three-day conference. The atmosphere of the conference, out of which this book grew, was very st- ulating and cordial at the same time. Without picking on the minor defects of the presented papers, every participant was trying to contribute by probing the issues presented deeper and trying suggestions to make the papers better. Among others, Bruce Kogut was responding fondly on Jiro Nonaka's comment on his paper and Dong-Sung Cho was trying to expand even more the already very broad conceptual framework that Hiro Itami presented. For sure, the dynamics of knowledge creation was at work in the conference room and the dining hall.

	Preface	6
	Contents	8
	Contributors	10
	Part I Perspectives	12
	1 Organization Accumulates and Market Utilizes: A Framework of Knowledge-Corporate System-Innovation Dynamics	13
	1.1 Corporate System as the Engine of Knowledge-Innovation Dynamics	13
	1.1.1 Our Research Theme for the Twenty-First Century COE Program	13
	1.1.2 Importance of Corporate System	15
	1.2 Conceptual Framework	17
	1.2.1 Conceptual Framework of Knowledge-Corporate System-Innovation Dynamics	17
	1.2.2 Formation of Open Knowledge Base	19
	1.2.3 Learning Activity by the Corporate Organization	21
	1.3 Dynamics of Accumulation and Dynamics of Utilization	22
	1.3.1 Two Dynamics	22
	1.3.2 Organization Accumulates and Market Utilizes	23
	1.3.3 Dilemmas Between Two Dynamics	25
	1.4 Market-Oriented Corporate System and Organization-Oriented Corporate System: US Versus Japan	27
	1.4.1 M System and O System	27
	1.4.2 US Experiments and Japan Develops	29
	1.4.3 Weakness	31
	1.5 From Here to Where?	31
	1.5.1 US as the Market Arena for the World	31
	1.5.2 Where can Japan Go?	33
	References	33
	2 Boundaries of Innovation and Social Consensus Building: Challenges for Japanese Firms	35
	2.1 Introduction	35
	2.2 Types of Innovation by Boundary	36
	2.2.1 Boundaries of Innovation: Four Levels	36
	2.2.2 Determinants of Innovation	40
	2.3 Boundaries of Innovation and Social Consensus Building	42
	2.3.1 Coordination and Integration Mechanisms of the Japanese Corporate System	42
	2.3.2 Innovation as Social Consensus Building	43
	2.3.3 Consensus Building Beyond Community and Limitation of Japanese Firms	45
	2.4 Innovation Challenges for Japanese Firms	47
	2.4.1 Importance of Innovation Between Different Markets	47
	2.4.2 Organizational Problems from Within	48
	2.4.3 Challenges for Japanese Firms	50
	References	50
	3 Redefining Innovation as System Re-Definition	53
	3.1 Introduction	53
	3.2 Conceptual Understanding of Combinations in Product Systems	56
	3.2.1 Function	58
	3.2.2 Physical Parameters	59
	3.2.3 Value	59
	3.3 Dimensions of Product Innovation	60
	3.3.1 Changes in Internal System	61
	3.3.2 Changes in External System	64
	3.4 Typology of Innovation	66
	3.4.1 Liner Innovations	67
	3.4.2 System Reconfiguration	68
	3.4.3 Category Creation	69
	3.5 Discussion and Implications	72
	3.5.1 Mapping Models of Innovation	72
	3.5.2 Difficulties Associated with Innovation	74
	3.5.3 Technological Progress Smothers Innovation	76
	3.5.4 Challenges for Japanese firms	79
	3.6 Conclusion	82
	References	84
	4 Knowledge, Information, Rules, and Structures	86
	4.1 Introduction	86
	4.2 Prefatory Autobiographical Remarks	87
	4.3 Information and Knowledge	90
	4.4 Practice and Ontology	93
	4.5 Do Organizations Think?	95
	4.6 Self-Organization	97
	4.7 Conclusions	102
	References	102
	5 The Replication Perspective on Productive Knowledge	104
	5.1 Introduction	104
	5.2 Conceptual Background	106
	5.3 Examples	113
	5.4 The Sources of Replication Difficulty	119
	5.5 Perspectives on Replication Practice	125
	References	128
	Part II Issues	131
	6 Organizational Deadweight and the Internal Functioning of Japanese Firms: An Explorative Analysis of Organizational Dysfunction	132
	6.1 Introduction	132
	6.2 Functionality and Dysfunctionality of Japanese Firms	133
	6.2.1 Organizational Adaptation and Deterioration	133
	6.2.2 Before the Bubble Burst: Emergent Strategy as a Source of Competitive Edges	135
	6.2.3 After the Bubble Burst: The Dysfunction of Emergent Strategy	136
	6.2.4 Common Attributes of Organizational Deterioration	138
	6.3 Operationalization of Organizational Deadweight	139
	6.3.1 Premises of the Concept	139
	6.3.2 Measuring Organizational Deadweight	140
	6.4 Overview of Research	143
	6.4.1 Research Method	143
	6.4.2 Validity and Reliability of Organizational Deadweight	144
	6.5 Descriptive Statistics and Correlation	146
	6.5.1 Organizational Deadweight and Performance Variables	146
	6.5.2 Standardization in an Organization	149
	6.5.3 Hierarchy and Power Distribution	151
	6.5.4 Communication in the BUs	155
	6.6 Path Analysis	161
	6.6.1 Model 1	162
	6.6.2 Model 2	163
	6.6.3 Model 3	164
	6.7 Discussion and Conclusion	164
	References	168
	7 Reasons for Innovation: Legitimizing Resource Mobilization for Innovation in the Cases of the Okochi Memorial Prize Winners	172
	7.1 Introduction	172
	7.2 Research Question: