CALL FOR CASES

Proposals Submission Deadline: August 31, 2009

Full Chapters Due: October 31, 2009

Cases on Knowledge Management in Emerging Economies

A book edited by Prof. Minwir Al-Shammari, <st1:city w:st="on">University of Bahrain</st1:city>, Bahrain

To be published by IGI Global:

http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=690

Introduction

The importance of knowledge to business firms has created tough 'rivalries' among competitors to utilize knowledge as a major weapon in competition. Knowledge is newly evolving as a main non-replenishing and difficult-to-imitate source of distinctive core competencies in emerging economies that could help them in the creation of sustainable competitive advantage. Knowledge Management (KM) value chain starts with knowledge generation and ends with application in various areas such as corporate planning, decision making, customer relationships, product development, creativity and innovation, and project management. KM ideas have been available to managers for millennia, but only recently have been integrated into the mainstream business applications in developing countries.

Objective of the Book

Emerging economies in particular, known for their scarce resources, may find utilization of knowledge as a non-depleting asset for achieving sustainable competitive, rather than comparative, advantage. However, the literature of KM mainly relates to initiatives conducted in Western countries. This book seeks to cover this gap in the KM literature by focusing on KM cases in developing economies. Successful implementation of business concepts and practices (i.e. KM) in Western environmental contexts may not necessarily replicate with success in a non-Western context, if implementation was not carefully customized to fit the available organizational infrastructure and to the specific society and culture.

Target Audience

This book will be useful for professionals, researchers, executives, academics, policy makers, government executives, and corporate executives concerned with the management of knowledge, both at the corporate and national levels, in developing economies.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

Cases on Knowledge generation

Cases on Knowledge sharing

Cases on Knowledge application

Cases on KM strategy

Cases on KM technologies

Cases on KM culture

Cases on KM measurement metrics

Cases on KM for supply chains

Cases on KM for human resources

Cases on KM for organizational learning

Cases on KM for product development

Cases on KM for customer relationships

Cases on KM for entrepreneurship

Cases on KM for project management

Cases on KM for R&D organizations

Cases on KM for private sector organizations

Cases on KM for governmental organizations

Cases on KM for non-governmental-organizations

Submission Procedure

Academics, researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before August 31, <st1:metricconverter w:st="on" productid="2009, a">2009, a</st1:metricconverter> 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by September 10, 2009 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by October 31, 2009. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.

Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference" and "IGI Publishing" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2010.

Important Dates

August 31, 2009: Proposal Submission Deadline

September 10, 2009: Notification of Acceptance

October 31, 2009: Full Chapter Submission

December 15, 2009: Review Results Returned

February 15, 2010: Final Chapter Submission

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically <st2:citation w:st="on">(Word document)</st2:citation> or by mail to:

Prof. Minwir Al-Shammari

Dept. of Management & Marketing

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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on"></st1:placename></st1:place>P.O <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:street w:st="on">Box</st1:street> 32038</st1:address>, Sakhir, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Kingdom</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Bahrain</st1:placename></st1:place>

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Email: minwir@yahoo.com

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