Introducing knowledge management in developing economies / Kate Hutchings and Kavoos Mohannak -- Social institutions and knowledge management / J.C. Spender -- Survival by subversion in former socialist economies : tacit knowledge exchange at the workplace / Gerhard Fink, Nigel Holden and Maren Lehmann -- Fostering learning to build new competencies in times of deconstruction : lessons from Polish ex-socialist firms / Renata Kaminska-Labbé and Catherine Thomas -- Re-examining knowledge sharing in an intercultural context : findings from the transition economies of China and Russia / Kate Hutchings and Snejina Michailova -- Knowledge management among Taiwanese high-tech industries and SMEs / Te Fu Chen -- Religion, caste, language and region : contributions to knowledge management in India / Simon Best and Rajni Kakkar -- Mauritius : towards a knowledge hub and society / Mehraz Boolaky, Mridula Gungaphul and David Weir -- Managing knowledge in the Middle East and North Africa / David Weir -- Latin American cultural values and their impact on knowledge management / Luis Felipe Calderón-Moncloa -- Conclusion : towards a cross-cultural and institutional framework / Kavoos Mohannak and Kate Hutchings.
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This important book brings together a set of original key contributions to knowledge management in developing economies. It encompasses a wide range of countries throughout Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America as well as the transition economies of the former socialist countries in Eastern Europe. These carefully selected country case studies represent a broad range of issues in managing knowledge. They consider the way in which knowledge management processes and practices are influenced by local culture and institutions as well as by interaction with the broader international comm.