The Diffusion and Consumption of Business Knowledge

Introduction; J.L.Alvarez - PART 1: THE BASIC INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION - The Sociological Tradition and the Spread and Institutionalization of Knowledge for Action; J.L.Alvarez - Management a System of Knowledge and Authority; H.Byrkjeflot - Mercury and Minerva: A Modern Multinational. Academic Business Studies on a Global Scale; L.Engwall - The Transfer of Organizational Techniques Across Borders: Combining Neoinstitutional and Comparative Perspectives; M.E.Arias & M.Guillen - PART 2: VEHICLES FOR THE POPULARIZATION OF BUSINESS IDEAS - The Creation of Popular Management Texts on Ideological Rhetoric in Creation of Managerial 'Knowledge'; S.Furusten - The Popularization of Business Knowledge Diffusion: From Academic Knowledge to Popular Culture; C.Mazza - Professional Associations as 'Brokers', Facilitating Networking and the Diffusion of New Ideas: Advantages and Disadvantages; M.Robertson, S.Newell & J.Swan - The Quality Virus: Interorganization Contagion in TQM Implementation; J.C.Pastor, R.Hunt & J.Meindl - PART 3: THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE: BEGINNING AND END OF ITS CREATION, DIFFUSION AND CONSUMPTION - The Role of Consulting Knowledge in the Real Transformation of Work in Contemporary Europe; R.Penn - Strategic Seduction? IT Consultancy in UK Financial Services; A.Sturdy - Going Local. The Hybridization Process as Situated Learning; H.F.Botti - Where Does Management Knowledge Come From?; N.Nohria & R.G.Eccles