Cover
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Title Page
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eISBN: 1931777195 ......Page 3
Other New Releases from IRM Press......Page 4
Table of Contents......Page 5
Foreword......Page 8
Preface......Page 11
Intelligent Agents and the World
Wide Web: Fact or Fiction?
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4. Generalization across application domains:......Page 18
Comparing U.S. & Japanese
Companies on Competitive
Intelligence, IS Support,
and Business Change
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Implementing Business Change......Page 22
Company Competitive Intelligence......Page 23
Using IS Technology To Support Business Change......Page 24
Data Collection Procedure......Page 25
Validity of the Measures......Page 26
Variable Measurement......Page 27
DISCUSSION OF RESULTS......Page 28
CONCLUSIONS AND MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS......Page 29
Study Limitations and Research Opportunities......Page 32
REFERENCES......Page 33
APPENDIX A......Page 36
Knowledge Assets in the Global
Economy: Assessment of National
Intellectual Capital
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Knowledge Assets and Intellectual Capital......Page 38
Assessment of Knowledge Capital and Intellectual Assets......Page 39
Measuring Knowledge Assets and Intellectual Capital......Page 41
Skandia Model for Measuring Intellectual Capital......Page 42
Process of Measuring Intellectual Assets......Page 44
DISCUSSION AND ISSUES FOR FUTURE RESEARCH......Page 52
Taking a Hard Look at the fiSoft Issues......Page 53
Intellectual Capital Entangled with Networked Systems......Page 54
CONCLUSIONS......Page 55
REFERENCES......Page 56
Knowledge-Based Systems as
Database Design Tools:
A Comparative Study
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DESIRABLE FEATURES OF KNOWLEDGE-BASED DATABASE DESIGN TOOLS......Page 59
A COMPARATIVE SURVEY OF INTELLIGENT DATABASE DESIGN TOOLS......Page 62
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Tool Flexibility Issues......Page 71
Knowledge-based System Features......Page 74
Implementation Issues......Page 76
The Development of Active Integrated Database Design Tools for Full Database Design Support......Page 78
The Long Term Maintenance of Database Design Tools......Page 79
Artificial Intelligence Research......Page 80
REFERENCES......Page 81
INTRODUCTION......Page 87
ACTIVITIES, WORKFLOWS AND ACTIVITY RELATED CONSTRAINTS......Page 89
fioperating team,......Page 90
Preferences and Goals......Page 91
policy object......Page 93
SELECTION AND NEGOTIATION......Page 94
PROCESSING OF REQUESTS......Page 95
REFERENCES......Page 98
INTRODUCTION......Page 99
BACKGROUND......Page 100
AUTONOMOUS AGENTS......Page 102
PROGRAMMING AN AGENT IN JAVA......Page 103
EXAMPLE DESCRIPTION......Page 105
AGENT ARCHITECTURE AND COMMUNICATION FRAMEWORK......Page 106
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REFERENCES......Page 111
INTRODUCTION......Page 113
INTELLIGENT AGENTS......Page 115
ELECTRONIC TRUST......Page 118
AGENTS THAT TRUST......Page 120
REFERENCES......Page 121
MOTIVATION......Page 124
Sub-Models......Page 125
Sales Model......Page 126
Failure Model......Page 128
Executing Simulation......Page 129
Developing a Fuzzy Controller......Page 131
Determining Input and Output Variables......Page 132
Reasoning with Fuzzy Rules......Page 133
Initial Situation......Page 134
Fuzzification of Input and Output Variables......Page 135
Determining Sharp Output Values......Page 136
CONCLUSIONS......Page 137
REFERENCES......Page 138
Organization......Page 139
Newshound Architecture......Page 140
Newshounds Interface: The Tail That Wags the Dog......Page 141
Additional Requirements and Implementation......Page 144
Chathound Requirements......Page 145
Chathound Implementation......Page 146
INTER-AGENT COMMUNICATION LAYER......Page 147
REFERENCES......Page 148
INTRODUCTION......Page 150
External Variables in TAM......Page 152
Individual Differences......Page 153
RESEARCH MODEL AND HYPOTHESIS......Page 154
REFERENCES......Page 157
INTRODUCTION......Page 160
3) 10 seconds......Page 162
RESEARCH QUESTION AND METHODOLOGY......Page 163
RESEARCH RESULTS......Page 164
REFERENCES......Page 166
INTRODUCTION......Page 168
STICKINESS AS CUSTOMER LOYALTY......Page 169
Drivers of Stickiness or Customer Loyalty......Page 170
STICKINESS MEASURES......Page 173
USING STICKINESS MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE WEBSITE DESIGN......Page 175
CONCLUSIONS......Page 176
REFERENCES......Page 177
โNotโ is Not โNotโ
Comparisons of
Negation in SQL and
Negation in Logic Programming
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INTRODUCTION......Page 180
WEAK NEGATION IN LOGIC PROGRAMMING......Page 181
The Confusion......Page 182
COMPARISON OF WEAK NEGATION AND NEGATION IN SQL......Page 184
REFERENCES......Page 190
Knowledge Management and New
Organization Forms:
A Framework for Business Model
Innovation
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RISK RETURN......Page 194
โ......Page 195
fiRe-Everything......Page 197
Myth 1......Page 198
Myth 3......Page 199
RISK RETURN......Page 200
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FOR BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION: FROM BEST PRACTICES TO PARADIGM SHIFTS......Page 202
HUMAN ASPECTS OF KNOWLEDGE CREATION AND KNOWLEDGE RENEWAL......Page 203
Untapped Tacit Dimensions of Knowledge Creation:......Page 205
Constructive Aspects of Knowledge Creation and Renewal:......Page 206
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH......Page 207
REFERENCES......Page 209
Implementing Virtual Organizing in
Business Networks:
A Method of Inter-Business
Networking
......Page 215
Essence of Business Networking......Page 216
Role of Virtual Organizing as a Method in Business Networking......Page 217
Role of Knowledge Management in Business Networking......Page 218
Business Networking Challenges......Page 219
Action Research......Page 220
Business Model of the Information Age......Page 221
Principles of Method Engineering......Page 223
TOWARDS A METHOD OF BUSINESS NETWORKING......Page 224
Method Overview......Page 225
Link to Virtual Organizing and Knowledge Management......Page 228
CASE: IMPLEMENTING BUSINESS NETWORKING AT DEUTSCHE TELEKOM AG......Page 230
Business Context of Deutsche Telekom AG......Page 231
Benefits of eProcurement......Page 232
Procedure Model for eProcurement......Page 233
CONCLUSIONS AND OUTLOOK......Page 235
REFERENCES......Page 236
Managing Knowledge
for Strategic Advantage
in the Virtual Organisation
......Page 240
VIRTUAL ORGANISATIONS AND VIRTUAL CULTURES......Page 243
MODELS OF VIRTUALITY......Page 245
VIRTUAL ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE MODEL......Page 249
VIRTUAL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT MODELS......Page 253
EMPOWERING THE INDIVIDUAL......Page 254
KNOWLEDGE VALUE NETWORKS......Page 255
Electronic Consultative Commerce......Page 256
CONCLUSIONS......Page 258
REFERENCES......Page 259
Virtual Organizations That
Cooperate and Compete:
Managing the Risks
of Knowledge Exchange
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KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND CO-OPETITION......Page 264
New Perspectives on Transaction Governance......Page 266
Social control strategies......Page 268
Tacit and Explicit Knowledge Flows......Page 269
Direction of Knowledge Sharing......Page 270
Model for Analysis......Page 271
Explicit Knowledge Flows......Page 272
Risks Related to Direction of Knowledge Flows......Page 273
Control Strategies......Page 274
RECIPROCAL, STRUCTURED KNOWLEDGE FLOWS (CONFIGURATION 2)......Page 275
UNIDIRECTIONAL, TACIT KNOWLEDGE FLOWS (CONFIGURATION 3)......Page 276
Possible Deviation Trajectories......Page 277
Tacit Knowledge Control Strategies......Page 278
RECIPROCAL, TACIT KNOWLEDGE FLOWS (CONFIGURATION 4)......Page 279
Bilateral Control Strategies......Page 280
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION......Page 281
REFERENCES......Page 282
Becoming
Knowledge-Powered:
Planning the Transformation
......Page 289
KNOWLEDGE: DEFINITION, TYPES, AND EXAMPLES......Page 290
STARTING THE TRANSFORMATION: KNOWLEDGE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGIES......Page 292
KNOWLEDGE ARCHITECTURE AND CONTENT......Page 295
KNOWLEDGE INFRASTRUCTURE AND SERVICES......Page 300
CREATING A KNOWLEDGE-SHARING CULTURE......Page 302
KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION......Page 307
CONCLUSION......Page 308
ENDNOTES......Page 309
Additional Useful Readings:......Page 310
Vijayan Sugumaran......Page 311
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N......Page 314
T......Page 315
Y......Page 316