Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introducing knowledge management in developing economies / Kate Hutchings and Kavoos Mohannak -- Social institutions and knowledge management / J. C. Spender -- Survival by subversion in former socialist economies : tacit knowledge exchange at the workplace / Gerhard Fink, Nigel Holden and Maren Lehmann -- Fostering learning to build new competencies in times of deconstruction : lessons from Polish ex-socialist firms / Renata Kaminska-Labbé and Catherine Thomas -- Re-examining knowledge sharing in an intercultural context : findings from the transition economies of China and Russia / Kate Hutchings and Snejina Michailova -- Knowledge management among Taiwanese high-tech industries and SMEs / Te Fu Chen -- Religion, caste, language and region : contributions to knowledge management in India / Simon Best and Rajni Kakkar -- Mauritius : towards a knowledge hub and society / Mehraz Boolaky, Mridula Gungaphul and David Weir -- Managing knowledge in the Middle East and North Africa / David Weir -- Latin American cultural values and their impact on knowledge management / Luis Felipe Calderón-Moncloa -- Conclusion : towards a cross-cultural and institutional framework / Kavoos Mohannak and Kate Hutchings.