Ba

Ikujiro Nonaka, Ryoko Toyama, Toru Hirata, Susan J. Bigelow, Ayano Hirose and Florian Kohlbacher

Chapter 5 in Managing Flow, 2008, pp 107-137 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter we elaborate on the concept of ba, the enabling context for knowledge creation and innovation. Applying the theory of organizational knowledge creation to the case of the Mayekawa Manufacturing Co., Ltd, we illustrate the importance of co-creating a shared context or ba in the firm’s relationships with customers that enables continuous, joint creation of knowledge to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. Mayekawa has been creating new knowledge and new businesses by building and connecting ba both within and across organizational boundaries, providing the most vivid example of ba-centered management in a business ecosystem.

Keywords: Tacit Knowledge; Junior High School; Knowledge Creation; Sustainable Competitive Advantage; Knowledge Asset (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230583702_6

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