The Emerging Challenge of Knowledge Management Ecosystems: A Silicon Valley High Tech Company Signals the Future

2011 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard J. Burkhard ◽  
Timothy R. Hill ◽  
Shailaja Venkatsubramanyan
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Silicon Valley ◽  
High Tech ◽  
The Future

Challenges In Knowledge Management

2011 ◽  
pp. 257-279
Author(s):  
Larry J. Paxton
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Optimal Path ◽  
Space Missions ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Future Success ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Face ◽  
New Ideas

One of the key problems faced by organizations is that of managing knowledge: how does an organization improve and maintain performance by generating, maintaining, and sharing knowledge? High tech organizations are much more dependent on knowledge as a commodity than those in the manufacturing sector. NASA certainly is the epitome of a high tech organization. It faces complex and deep challenges – not the least of which is how to address the loss of knowledge as the workforce ages and retires. In addition, NASA faces the consequences of a program that, in the face of programmatic constraints, subsumes the process of generating knowledge to the demands of maintaining commitments. Those commitments may not provide the optimal path for generating knowledge relevant to the future success of the organization. For a space-faring organization, mission cadence is one of the key determinants of cost and risk. Mission cadence is also important as it determines the number of people in the organization with direct and relevant experience with space missions. Under a constrained budget, mission cadence can be increased by reducing the size and scope of the missions. Small spacecraft missions can afford to be innovative and thus create a culture in which new ideas are welcomed and/or sought. These smaller missions can preserve and generate knowledge by training the next generation of scientists, engineers and program managers.

Cold War Armory: Military Contracting in Silicon Valley

2002 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Heinrich
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Silicon Valley ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Venture Capitalists ◽  
Military Technology ◽  
Product Lines ◽  
Continuous Innovation ◽  
Microwave Electronics ◽  
Military Contractors ◽  
Hard Times

Silicon Valley is frequently portrayed as a manifestation of postindustrial entrepreneurship, where ingenious inventor-businessmen and venture capitalists forged a dynamic, high-tech economy unencumbered by government's “heavy hand.” Closer examination reveals that government played a major role in launching and sustaining some of the region's core industries through military contracting. Focusing on leading firms in the microwave electronics, missile, satellite, and semiconductor industries, this article argues that demand for customized military technology encouraged contractors to embark on a course of flexible specialization, batch production, and continuous innovation. Thriving throughout much of the Cold War, major military contractors fell on hard times when defense markets started to shrink in the late 1980s, because specialized design and production capabilities were rarely applicable to civilian product lines. But Pentagon funding for research and development helped lay the technological groundwork for a new generation of startups, contributing to Silicon Valley's economic renaissance in the 1990s.

Intersection: Reimagining the Future of Mobility Across Traditional Boundaries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alisyn Malek
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
Silicon Valley ◽  
Stanford University ◽  
Interconnected System ◽  
Broad Base ◽  
The Future ◽  
Different Parts ◽  
Thought Leaders

Mobility and transportation mean different things to people, even to those who work in various aspects of the ecosystem - from the movement of people or goods to the development of the infrastructure that enables mobility. For decades these different parts of the ecosystem have been approached as entirely independent industries, but the quickened pace of technological change has driven the need to reconsider how these distinct groups create the vibrant tapestry that is our mobility ecosystem. This book seeks to capture the varied perspectives as a collection of diverse views on the future of mobility, to provide a clearer view on the broad base of possibility and opportunity across this interconnected system. Contributors: Jonathon Baugh, Geoffrey Boquot, Reilly Brennan, Tiffany Chu, Jordan Davis, Courtney Erlichman, Elaina Farnsworth, Valerie Lefler, Wolfgang Lehmacher & Mikail Lind, Shoshana Lew, Suzanne Murtha, Mary Nichols, Trevor Pawl, John Perrachio, Aishwarya Raman, Karina Ricks, Alex Roy, Avinash Ruguboor, Anthony Townsend, Marla Westervelt, and Candace Xie. "Amazing roster of thought leaders come together to paint a picture of a whole new mobility paradigm in the interest of safety, sustainability, and equity." -- Sven Beiker, PhD. Managing Director at Silicon Valley Mobility and Lecturer at Stanford University

scholarly journals Formation of platform economy of necessary needs based on energy economic equivalent

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 297-304
Author(s):  
Evgeniy Bryndin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Relations ◽  
Energy Intensity ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Real Economy ◽  
Online Systems ◽  
The Future ◽  
Security Problem ◽  
The Status ◽  
Digital Money ◽  
Platform Economy

Recently, many non-state money systems have appeared based on digital cryptocurrencies. The disadvantages of digital cryptocurrencies are the separation from real production, the inequality of participants, the lack of control by state bodies, and the security problem. Digital money becomes full-fledged only when it is connected with the real economy and financially secured. The author proposes the introduction of a material digital energy economic equivalent. Based on the digital energy of the economic equivalent, it is proposed to form a digital high-tech platform economy of healthy needs, like the economy of the future. Platform economy is an economic activity based on platforms, which are understood as online systems that provide comprehensive standard solutions for interaction between users, including commercial transactions and innovative solutions. It is proposed to measure the efficiency of the future economy by economic energy intensity. Energy intensity is represented by a certain amount of energy of economic equivalent, in accordance with the law of energy conservation. Reliance on a materially supported digital energy economic equivalent, as a new currency, makes a digital high-tech platform economy of healthy needs synergistic, efficient, sustainable, safe, ecological, open, controlled by society, without speculative operations, health supportive, accurately measured through digital energy intensity. Material digital energy intensity will avoid the speculative shortcomings of existing digital money systems. To this end, governments establish a procedure for regulating the energy economy with an economic equivalent, as an impact on public relations in order to streamline and stabilize them, in order to realize the necessary needs of society in accordance with the available resources. The status of an energy economic equivalent means recognition by the economic community as universal equivalent.

scholarly journals The Silicon Valley Syndrome

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olav Sorenson ◽  
Doris Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Venture Capital ◽  
Silicon Valley ◽  
High Tech ◽  
High Tech Sector ◽  
Tradable Sector

How does expansion in the high-tech sector influence the broader economy of a region? We demonstrate that an infusion of venture capital in a region appears associated with: (i) a decline in entrepreneurship, employment, and average incomes in other industries in the tradable sector; (ii) an increase in entrepreneurship and employment in the non-tradable sector; and (iii) an increase in income inequality in the non-tradable sector. An expansion in the high-tech sector therefore appears to lead to a less diverse tradable sector and to increasing inequality in the region.

Zar, Inc.: A Case in Earnings Quality

2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jimmy W. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Earnings Quality ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Controversial Issue ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Way

Zar, Inc., a high-tech company, has recently experienced turnover in its CEO and CFO positions. Zar, like other firms in its industry, is undergoing a down year due to the declining economy. Thomas Brown, who has recently been hired as the CFO, quickly realizes that there is little he can do to avoid the firm's first loss in many years. However, Thomas also understands that there are things that he can do to pave the way toward greater profits in the future. You are invited to listen in on three separate conversations that the CFO has with the CEO, the firm's audit committee, and finally with Zar's independent auditor. After hearing each conversation, you will be asked to evaluate the CFO's ideas as well as those of other parties to the dialogue. Some of the questions are rather straightforward and can be answered by recalling or researching specific accounting standards. Other questions are more open-ended and will require your best judgment based on the facts given in the case. Some questions may require you to provide additional information before making a definite decision. All of the scenarios focus on earnings quality and should enhance your understanding of this critical and controversial issue that pervades financial reporting today.

Integrating Knowledge Management and Business Processes

2018 ◽  
pp. 5046-5055
Author(s):  
John Steven Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Business Process ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Types Of Knowledge ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Future

In this article, first the different types of knowledge are outlined, then comes a discussion of various routes by which knowledge management has been implemented. A business process-based route, which enables people, processes and technology to fit together, is growing in popularity as the best way to deliver effective knowledge management that is integrated into what the organization does. Some examples of the business processes route in use are then given. Finally there is a look towards the future.

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