Handbook on the Knowledge Economy

Edited by David Rooney, Formerly Professor of Management and Organisational Studies, Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University, Australia, Greg Hearn, Professor, Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Australia and Abraham Ninan, Manager (Procurement Research), Procurement Development and Research Branch, Program Procurement Division, Department of Main Roads, Australia

• ContentsPreface1. Knowledge: Concepts, Policy, ImplementationDavid Rooney, Greg Hearn and Abraham NinanPart I: Concepts2. The Material, Mental, Historical and Social Character of KnowledgeDavid Rooney and Ursula Schneider3. Wisdom, Ethics and the Postmodern OrganizationBernard McKenna4. Risk and KnowledgeJoost van Loon5. Social Epistemology: Preserving the Integrity of Knowledge About KnowledgeSteve Fuller6. Knowledge and Social CapitalHitendra PillayPart II: Policy7. Knowledge and Cultural CapitalStuart Cunningham8. The Organization of Creativity in Knowledge Economics: Exploring Strategic IssuesPaul Jeffcutt9. Analysing Policy Values in a Knowledge EconomyPhil Graham10. Knowledge Issues and Policy in the Operation of Industrial ClustersAbraham Ninan11. Intellectual Property Rights in the Knowledge EconomyPeter DrahosPart III: Implementation12. Information SharingDonald M. Lamberton13. Collaboration and the Network Form of Organization in the New Knowledge-Based EconomyThomas Mandeville14. Exploring the Information Space: A Strategic Perspective on Information SystemsMax Boisot15. ‘Tacit Knowledge’ Versus ‘Explicit Knowledge’ Approaches to Knowledge Management PracticeRon Sanchez16. Knowledge and Social IdentityThomas Keenan17. Managing Creativity in the Knowledge EconomyMark Banks18. Inexperience and Inefficiency in Information Transactions: Making the Most of Management ConsultantsStuart Macdonald19. The Knowledge Worker: A Metaphor in Search of a Meaning?Richard Joseph 20. How to be Productive in the Knowledge Economy: The Case of ICTsGreg Hearn and Thomas Mandeville21. Digital Rights Management (DRM): Managing Digital Rights for Open AccessBrian Fitzgerald and Jason ReidIndex