edited by Joe Tidd (SPRU, University of Sussex, UK)

The business and academic communities continue to have an interest in the concepts of knowledge management and strategic competencies or core capabilities. This book attempts to establish the links between strategic competencies, knowledge management, organisational learning and innovation — specifically, how an organisation identifies, assesses and exploits its competencies, and translates these into new processes, products and services.

The contributors to this book include leading researchers and practitioners in the field. Adopting a practical but rigorous approach to the subject, they focus on the measurement, management and improvement of organisational, technological and market competencies, and identify the relationships with strategic, operational and financial performance.

In this second edition, the original material is updated and three new chapters are added, reflecting the latest developments in the field.

• Strategic Competencies:The Competence Cycle: Translating Knowledge into New Processes, Products and Services (J Tidd)
  • What are Strategic Competencies? (R Hall)
  • Making Strategy Happen (P Hiscocks & D Riff)
• Market Competencies:
  • Brands, Innovation and Growth: The Role of Brands in Innovation and Growth for Consumer Businesses (T Clayton & G Turner)
  • Technological and Market Competencies and Financial Performance (J Tidd & C Driver)
  • Building Knowledge Management Capabilities for Innovation Projects (D Tranfield et al.)
• Technological Competencies:
  • Technological Indicators of Performance (P Patel)
  • Assessing Technological Competencies (F Narin)
  • The Complex Relations Between Communities of Practice and the Implementation of Technological Innovations (D Hislop)
• Organisational Competencies:
  • Are There Any Competencies Out There? Identifying and Using Technical Competencies (D Griffiths & M Boisot)
  • The Organisation of “Knowledge Bases” (J Sapsed)
  • Assessing Performance in Supply (R Lamming)
• Improving Competencies:
  • Innovation: A Performance Measurement Perspective (P K Ahmed & M Zairi)
  • Learning and Continuous Improvement (J Bessant)