Wissenschaftliche Literatur Knowledge

Sebastian Möbus

Social Networks and the Organizational Knowledge Transfer Process

Relational and Structural Effects on the Micro-Phase of Knowledge Acquisition

Schriftenreihe innovative betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis

The capability to effectively transfer and leverage knowledge from all kinds of resources has become one of the important sources of competitive advantage, innovativeness, and sustained firm performance. Prior research has shown that the internal social networks of a firm contribute to the transfer of knowledge. The knowledge transfer process, however, has not been consistently defined, but is strongly related to both the organizational learning processes and the…

Isabelle G. A. Hahn-Notter

How Firms Turn Knowledge into Valuable Outputs

Disentangling Research on Absorptive Capacity

Schriftenreihe innovative betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis

In today’s dynamic environment firms are under constant pressure to improve their performance and find new, innovative ways of competing. To be able to adapt to change, the sourcing and processing of knowledge is pivotal. Developing absorptive capacity, namely processes to acquire, assimilate, transform, and exploit knowledge, is thus decisive for firms, to be able to attain and sustain a competitive advantage. This book provides an analysis and synthesis of the research…

Timm Wutzler

Open Innovation and Knowledge Management in Large Corporations

Organizational Antecedents and Performance Effects

Strategisches Management

This book consists of four individual studies that shed light on the interplay of innovation and knowledge management issues. With the proliferation of the open innovation paradigm and against the backdrop of increasing external knowledge transfer activities, knowledge management today is of cardinal importance for innovation and firm performance. However, knowledge management is no longer a pure intra-organizational activity. Instead, it constitutes a vital interface…

Mojca K. Šebart / Andreja Hočevar / Mojca Lukan

Shaping Knowledge: Economic Interests and the Quality of Education

Edited and foreword by Mark J. Užmah

Frühpädagogik in Forschung und Praxis

The book Shaping Knowledge: Economic Interests and the Quality of Education explores the influence of international institutions such as the OECD, the World Bank, and the institutions of the EU on early childhood education and care. These institutions aim to introduce economically viable and cost-effective education throughout the education continuum, including preschool education.

In the first part of the book, the authors analyze whether the…

Noora Buser

Absorptive Capacity 2.0: The Link between Knowledge and Innovation in Firms

Schriftenreihe innovative betriebswirtschaftliche Forschung und Praxis

Innovation by introducing new products to the market is often accepted as a necessity for firms’ long-term survival. The research in the field on management science emphasizes the role of knowledge as a central source of innovation. In particular, absorptive capacity as a firm’s “ability to recognize the value of new information, assimilate it, and apply it to commercial ends” has been proposed as vital for firms’ innovation performance. [...]

Lefteris Topaloglou / Eike Albrecht / Steven Kramm / Niyanta Shetye (Ed.)

Pursuing Societal Transformation in Coal Mining Regions through Education and Knowledge Transfer

Umweltrecht in Forschung und Praxis

This volume is the outcome of a scientific workshop on Pursuing Societal Transformation through Education and Knowledge Transfer in Kozani. The workshop was carried out in December 2022 in the framework of a cooperation project financed by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The project brought together Brandenburg University of Cottbus – Senftenberg (BTU), Germany, and the University of Western Macedonia (UOWM), Kozani, northern Greece. [...]

Mojca K. Šebart / Miha Kovač

Knowledge, values, equity: Contemporary tendencies in education

Schriften zur Pädagogischen Theorie

This book addresses three main topics: the first one relates to the issue of values in education; the second one regards the role and importance of knowledge in education; and the third one examines the attitudes towards deep reading as this is one of the fundamental processes on which the achievement of any long-term educational goal depends.

In regard to the issue of values, the authors claim that society needs to achieve a consensus about what principles can…

Moisés Israel Medrano Garay

Getting Knowledge of Evil: A Comparison of Wolfhart Pannenberg᾿s and Gustavo Gutiérrez᾿s Theology

THEOS – Studienreihe Theologische Forschungsergebnisse

This book compares the understanding of evil by Wolfhart Pannenberg and Gustavo Gutiérrez. It addresses the question on, how do Pannenberg and Gutiérrez get knowledge of the “reality” of evil? The answer to the question is that they get knowledge of such a “reality” in a very similar way: dialectically and interdisciplinary.

On the one hand, it has to do with the fact that both theologians ground their theological knowledge of finite realities with the help of…

Sandra Mršnik / Majda Cencič / Daniel Doz / Darjo Felda / Mara Cotič

The Relationship Between Students᾿ Attitudes Towards Problem-Solving and Their Achievements in Mathematics

Studien zur Schulpädagogik

Different learning theories have attributed great importance to problem solving, but the perception of what influences the problem solving and what problem solving is really about differed significantly between theories. From the conception that only the reproduction of learned procedures is important for problem solving, to concepts advocating that the acquired specific knowledge suffices, that problem solving strategy is crucial, that automated mental skills play an…

Klaudiusz Bobowski

Culture and History of Great Britain

Seen through a Selection of Breakthrough Achievements Vol. I

Geschichtswissenschaftliche Studien

Encyclopaedias have been written on the subject of the history and culture of Great Britain. However, the author of this work needed a different approach while ‘selling’ this knowledge to students. Without too many dates, with not too many wars and bloodshed, but rather focusing on ides not normally taught during courses.

Let us experience the hardships of everyday life enhanced with the inventions of ingenious human brain. Let us experience the fear of the…