Overview
- Helps developing countries identify strategies and technologies that can be used to harness knowledge in essential sectors of a developing economy
- Highlights sectors critical to the growth of developing countries such as health care, crime management, disaster recovery management, small and medium size enterprise development
- Considers the constraints of developing territories in recommending appropriate technologies and strategies for knowledge management initiatives
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Integrated Series in Information Systems (ISIS, volume 35)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
A number of developing countries, including small island states have common problems that have affected their development and growth. Knowledge Management (KM) initiatives can be used to address some of these issues, but these developing countries need to understand what is needed to implement them, in order to improve economic conditions. While many of these countries have access to technologies that can be used to assist in knowledge management, relevant and low cost KM initiatives need to be considered in improving their existing KM processes. Sectors critical to the growth of these developing countries include health care, crime management, disaster recovery management, small and medium size enterprise development. Knowledge Management for Development: Domains, Strategies and Technologies for Developing Countries highlights the opportunities in these sectors and provides advice as to how these countries should go about understanding, building and adopting the relevant KM strategies and technologies. This book identifies appropriate technologies which should be considered to increase productivity within the identified sectors in the developing countries and also sectors in where knowledge management initiatives can yield maximum value. It also considers the constraints of these territories, recommending appropriate technologies and strategies for KM initiatives. It provides advice on how these technologies should be adopted in these sectors of developing countries. Investing in these strategies should benefit these countries development and growth.
Reviews
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“This book is a compilation of several scientific papers related to knowledge management (KM). … By reading this book, policy makers, consultants, and information technology (IT) experts working in development efforts could leverage their existing strategies. The book provides some interesting insights into the needs and limitations of implementing KM systems, yet, as the editors posit, ‘Knowledge is considered to be the competitive resource.’” (Carla Sánchez Aguilar, Computing Reviews, June, 2014)Editors and Affiliations
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Knowledge Management for Development
Book Subtitle: Domains, Strategies and Technologies for Developing Countries
Editors: Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson, Gunjan Mansingh, Lila Rao
Series Title: Integrated Series in Information Systems
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7392-4
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-7391-7Published: 04 February 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-7834-9Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-7392-4Published: 03 February 2014
Series ISSN: 1571-0270
Series E-ISSN: 2197-7968
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 270
Number of Illustrations: 23 b/w illustrations, 16 illustrations in colour
Topics: Emerging Markets/Globalization, Information Systems and Communication Service, Political Economy/Economic Systems