| About the author |
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| Foreword |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| 1 Entrepreneurship in the knowledge economy |
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Abundant and accessible information |
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Implications, impacts and consequences |
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Knowledge-based opportunities |
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12 | (1) |
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The knowledge entrepreneur |
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13 | (5) |
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18 | (6) |
| 2 Managing knowledge and intellectual capital |
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24 | (19) |
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24 | (2) |
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26 | (5) |
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31 | (4) |
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35 | (3) |
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38 | (5) |
| 3 Corporate learning and knowledge creation |
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43 | (33) |
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43 | (3) |
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Knowledge as a flow rather than a stock |
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46 | (2) |
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48 | (4) |
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Knowledge creation as a corporate priority |
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52 | (13) |
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Protecting intellectual capital |
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65 | (1) |
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Where knowledge entrepreneurs can help |
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66 | (10) |
| 4 Contemporary information problems |
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76 | (21) |
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Information overload: winners and losers |
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76 | (2) |
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78 | (2) |
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The search for single solutions |
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80 | (3) |
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Taking certain approaches too far |
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83 | (4) |
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Barking up the wrong tree |
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87 | (2) |
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89 | (3) |
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Changing organizations and emerging issues |
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92 | (5) |
| 5 Requirements of different stakeholders |
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97 | (28) |
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97 | (2) |
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Suppliers and business partners |
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99 | (2) |
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101 | (2) |
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The contribution of boards |
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103 | (4) |
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The myth of inevitable progress |
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107 | (2) |
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Supportive approaches to management |
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109 | (3) |
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112 | (13) |
| 6 Creating enterprise cultures |
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125 | (22) |
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125 | (2) |
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127 | (1) |
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Organizing for entrepreneurship |
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128 | (3) |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (15) |
| 7 Monitoring trends and the scope for knowledge entrepreneurship |
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147 | (15) |
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147 | (2) |
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Understanding issues and implications |
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149 | (5) |
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Effective issue monitoring |
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154 | (3) |
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Supporting wealth creation |
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157 | (5) |
| 8 Identifying and assessing specific opportunities |
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162 | (21) |
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Establishing search criteria |
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162 | (7) |
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Searching for performance improvement opportunities |
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169 | (4) |
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Improving sales productivity |
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173 | (2) |
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175 | (2) |
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Benefits of using support tools |
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177 | (6) |
| 9 Creating information- and knowledge-based offerings |
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183 | (12) |
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183 | (2) |
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Building job support tools |
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185 | (3) |
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Lessons that can be learnt |
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188 | (3) |
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191 | (4) |
| 10 Becoming a knowledge entrepreneur |
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195 | (15) |
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Entrepreneurial qualities |
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195 | (3) |
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The knowledge entrepreneur |
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198 | (3) |
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201 | (1) |
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The challenge of launching new products |
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202 | (2) |
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Creating a new product launch support tool |
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204 | (1) |
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Advantages of a product launch support tool |
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205 | (1) |
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Using examples of best practice |
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206 | (4) |
| 11 Getting started |
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210 | (19) |
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Routes to entrepreneurship |
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210 | (1) |
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Turning a hobby into a business |
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211 | (2) |
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Selecting corporate partners |
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213 | (1) |
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Creating a welcoming corporate environment |
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214 | (3) |
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Creating communities of entrepreneurs |
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217 | (1) |
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Organizing for learning and entrepreneurship |
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218 | (2) |
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Public policy requirements |
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220 | (9) |
| References |
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229 | (2) |
| Further reading |
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231 | (4) |
| Index |
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