"This book focuses on how new architecture of knowledge can be used to create competitive advantages variables for different business organizations and the role of social media in this process. The chapters use theoretically-based logic to conceptualize new theory, integrate existing theory, and empirically test data associated with knowledge management and competitive advantage in the digital age"--
In a textbook that could be used for courses in information technology, business information systems, knowledge management and management studies, information scientists explore how to induce and motivate employees to use social media technologies for knowledge management. Their topics include the role of social media tools in knowledge management in the organizational context: evidence based on a literature review, the use of social media for knowledge sharing by instructors in a higher education institution: an exploratory case study, from personal knowledge management to corporate knowledge management, expert knowledge in the university-industry complex: the cases of Germany and Russia, and freelancing in the economy 4.0: how information technology can help. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)