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About the Editors xiii
Contributors xv
Foreword Gail Arch xxv
Acknowledgments xxvii
Introduction Riad A. Ajami Marca Marie Bear xxix
Globalization: Building Firm Sustainability 1
Science and Technology: Policies for Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Edward J. Malecki 15
Introduction 15
The Necessity for Science and Technology 17
Global Competitiveness 19
Learning: Various Forms, All Necessary 22
Flexibility and the New Rules of Competition 26
Technology Transfer: Not an Easy Route to Competitiveness 28
The Challenge of Technology Upgrading 30
Conclusions and Suggestions for Policy 33
The Impact of Institutional Environment on Eastern European Economies: Corporate Strategy of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Stephan Bourcieu 41
Introduction 41
Acting on the Institutional Environment 43
Results of the Analysis 49
Conclusion 58
International Location of Research and Development: Which Dimensions Lead to the Decision? Patrice Houdayer Frederic Fontante 63
Introduction 63
Identification of Variables for International Location of R&D 64
Research Methodology and Description of Sample 77
Analysis of Results and Discussion 77
Conclusion 84
Entrepreneurship and Public Policy: Economic Competitiveness 91
Entrepreneurship Policy, Economic Development, and Competitiveness: A Study of Culture, Public Policy, and Enterprise in the Asia-Pacific Region Leo Paul Dana 97
Introduction 97
Culture 98
Public Policy 99
Hong Kong 101
Japan 102
Macao 103
North Korea 103
Singapore 104
South Korea 104
Vietnam 104
Conclusion 106
Entrepreneurs' Influence on Firms' International Behavior Svante Andersson 109
Literature Review 109
Methodology 117
Case Analysis 118
Discussion 123
Implications and Further Research 128
Entrepreneurship in the Experience Economy: The Evolution of the Hard Rock Cafe Stephen V. Horner Todd H. Chiles Long W. "Rico" Lam 137
Introduction 137
History of the Hard Rock Cafe 141
The Founders of the Hard Rock Cafe 145
The Leaders of Hard Rock Cafe International 147
Hard Rock Cafe International's Current Operations 152
Industry and Competitive Environment 155
Managing a Cultural Brand 158
Current Issues Facing Management 160
The Impact of Technological Activities of Multinational Enterprise Subsidiaries on Host Countries: The Case of Non-U.S. Subsidiaries of Computer and Electronics Multinational Enterprises Operating in the United States Kamel Abdallah Riad A. Ajami Marca Marie Bear 167
Introduction 167
MNE Technology Transfer and Host Country Economic Competitiveness 169
Research Objective 170
Macrocomparative Government Technology Policies 171
Analysis of Studies 173
Impact of Foreign Subsidiaries of MNEs on U.S. Technology Policy 174
Research Propositions and Data Collection 175
Results 180
Conclusion and Contributions 181
Corporate Performance in Jordan: A Macroanalysis Muhsen Makhamreh 187
Introduction 187
Measures of Corporate Performance 188
Methodology 195
Findings of the Study 197
Conclusion and Recommendations 205
Knowledge Creation: Knowledge Management, Knowledge Transfer, and Cluster Formation 211
Cultural Ontology Specifications for Interorganizational Knowledge Processes El-Sayed Abou-Zeid 229
Introduction 229
Interorganizational Knowledge Processes and their Cultural Dimensions 231
Toward Cultural Ontology 235
The Role of Cultural Ontology in Interorganizational Knowledge Processes: A General View 242
Conclusion 242
Communication Media and Knowledge Sharing in Global Virtual Teams Atreyi Kankanhalli Bernard C. Y. Tan Kwok-Kee Wei 251
Introduction 251
Conceptual Background 253
Research Questions 257
Research Method 259
Results 263
Proposed Research Model 269
Conclusion 270
Environmental Evaluation and Management: Quantum Knowledge? The Example of Jervis Bay Christine Henon Patrice Houdayer 277
Introduction 277
Voyage Through the Concept of Quantum: Theory, Information, and Transdisciplinarity 278
Sustainability and Environmental Evaluation 280
The Case of Jervis Bay 281
Quantum Environmental Information 283
Conclusion 285
Distributed Participative Knowledge Management: The IndiGo System Jorg Rech Bjorn Decker Klaus-Dieter Althoff Ulrike Becker-Kornstaedt Andreas Klotz Edda Leopold Angie Voss 287
Introduction 287
Distributed Participative Knowledge Management 289
Methodology of indiGo 293
Technology of indiGo 298
Related Work 304
Evaluation of IndiGo 307
Summary and Outlook 311
Knowledge Management and Information Engineering: Why and How? Jean-Marc Charlot 315
Introduction 315
Why Should a Company Manage Its Knowledge? 315
Knowledge: A Sensitive Component of Intangible Capital 317
Does Knowledge Management Reinforce Creation of Value? 319
What Knowledge? 321
What Is the Next Step? 323
For Which Results? 325
The Future? 327
Epilogue Riad A. Ajami Marca Marie Bear 329
Index 333
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