Track:
Knowledge Management Systems
Minitrack: KM in a Multinational
Context
As the global economy continues to unfold, the objective of this
mini-track is to explore how knowledge management tools, systems,
and practices can be applied and customized to facilitate
knowledge flows and transfer in multinational contexts and in
multinational corporations. Various issues such as cross-cultural
differences, differing technological capabilities, extensive
differences in corporate policies and practices, different legal
and regulatory norms, mere linguistic differences, distinctive
political practices, and diverse understandings of KM approaches
and concepts are examples of barriers that can impede
organizations from fully capitalizing upon their intellectual
resources and thereby insure their competitiveness. In a knowledge
and globalized economy, the need to take in consideration
intercultural differences has become a priority for organizations
to fully exploit and leverage their intellectual assets across
borders. We believe that technology has an important enabling role
to play in overcoming cross-national impediments through the
astute use of KM systems, technologies, and practices.
Topics and research areas include, but are not limited to:
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KM and Cross-cultural
differences
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KM in Multinational corporations (MNC)
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Role of Expatriates in
Knowledge transfer
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Knowledge transfer in
international settings
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Intellectual Capital
Management in MNC
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Knowledge sharing in
international teams
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The use of KM in coping with
differing political, legal, and regulatory schemes
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Organizational learning in
international context
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Issues related to
Multilanguage KM systems
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Case studies
Minitrack Co-Chair:
Vincent M. Ribiere
(Primary Contact)
Institute for Knowledge and Innovation – South East Asia (iKi-SEA)
Graduate School – Bangkok University
Rama 4 Road – Klong Toey - Bangkok 10110 - Thailand
Department phone: +662 350-3500
Fax: +662 350-3668
email: vince@vincentribiere.com
Aurilla Aurélie Bechina Arntzen
Buskerud College University , N-3603 Kongsberg, Norway
Direct phone: +47 92 490 497
Fax: + 47 32 86 95 90
Department phone: + 4732 86 95 00
email: Aurillaa@hihm.no
Francis D. (Doug) Tuggle
Argyros School of Business and Economics
Chapman University
One University Drive
Orange, CA 92866
Direct phone: 714-997-6537
Fax: 714-532-6081
Department phone: 714-997-6707
email: tuggle@chapman.edu
