The effect of mergers on knowledge loss in an it company. Logical, philosophical, and computational foundations, brooks cole publishing co. Ensure your research is discoverable on semantic scholar. We evaluated 11 years of merger filings in four states. A typical high value area where major decisions will be made is mergers and acquisitions. We believe this research is the first to comprehensively look beyond the nonprofit merger process to assess what happens after the merger, especially in the operations and functioning of merged. The importance of mergers and acquisitions in todays economy rima tamosiuniene1, egle duksaite2. Knowledge merger we are a bunch of young undergrad bloggers who are trying to merge various pieces of information, compile them and present our assessments and interpretations to help out people around the world. Sowa describes knowledge representation as the application of logic and ontology to the task of constructing computable models for some domain. Efstathios demetriades3, kavala institute of technology abstract this study investigates the merger effects of two banks. Knowledge management in mergers and acquisitions oxford. The book features a metaanalysis of retrospective studies of consummated mergers, joint ventures, and other horizontal arrangements. A abstractconceptual graphs are a knowledge representation language. The books centerpiece is a metaanalysis of retrospective studies of consummated mergers, joint ventures, and other horizontal arrangements.
The future of knowledge re resent at ion extended abstract ronald j. The importance of mergers and acquisitions in todays. Drawing on literature around knowledge, knowledge loss, reasons for mergers and acquisitions, organisational culture and merger failure, this. Pdf on jan 1, 2000, john f sowa and others published knowledge representation. Hence, it was considered that specific objectives shall be. Logical, philosophical, and computational foundations by john f. For sowa, knowledge representation is the application of logic and ontology to the.
Introduction one of the fundamental challenges of ai is the automated acquisition of knowledge from data along with the representation of this knowledge to support reasoning and understanding. Contextualised view of knowledge transfer in mergers and acquisitions a case study of knowledge intensive companies. From knowledge organization to knowledge representation fausto giunchiglia1, biswanath dutta2, vincenzo maltese1 1 disi university of trento, trento, italy 2 drtc indian statistical institute, bangalore, india abstract. Massachusetts, florida, arizona and north carolina, and found that more than 3,300 organizations reported engaging in at least one merger or acquisition between 1996 and 2006, for a cumulative merger rate of 1. His definitive new book shows how techniques of artificial intelligence, database design, and objectoriented programming help make knowledge explicit in a form that computer systems can use. Sowa received a bs in mathematics from massachusetts institute of technology in 1962, an ma in applied mathematics from harvard university in 1966, and a phd in computer science from the vrije universiteit brussel in 1999 on a dissertation titled knowledge representation. Knowledge transfer in postmerger integration management. Do corporate mergers bring about new combinations of. The process of knowledge transfer in mergers and acquisitions. Figure 1 shows a cg for the sentence john is going to boston by bus. Knowledge, representation and acquisition springerlink. Review of literature it is clear that you cannot stay in the top league if you only grow internally. Sowa s latest book provides a unique view of the field of knowledge representation.
The increasingly open rivalry between oxbridge and the redbrick universities in britain, the breaking down of hierarchical distinctions between traditional universities and universities of applied sciences. John sowa integrates logic, philosophy, linguistics, and computer science into this study of knowledge and its various models and implementations. Managing organizational knowledge and competence postmerger. In this book, john sowa conveys diverse and effective insights within the field of knowledge representation kr. The merger took place in mid 1999s and the effect was the alpha bank.
The articles in this issue span the spectrum of this challenge from. Logical, philosophical, and computational foundations find, read and cite all the research you need on. Pdf version john sowa on knowledge representation yumpu. Logical, philosophical, and computational foundations sowa spent most of his professional career at ibm. For the purpose of representing this knowledge, it can be said to be stored at different logical levels. Facilitating mergers and acquisitions for nonprofits. The drama of knowledge transfer in a merger environment. Claiming your author page allows you to personalize the information displayed and manage publications all current information on this profile has been aggregated automatically from publisher and metadata sources. In addition, the redefined models in this thesis provide a foundation for future research. The staff and board leadership were friendly and open to a range of. Shapiro university at buffalo, the state university of new york for sowa, knowledge representation is the application of logic and ontology to the.
Journal of organizational knowledge management vol. The frameworks he employs are deeply grounded philosphically. Knowledge transfer in merger and acquisition processes. I must admit that im jumping on the band wagon of people reacting to and commenting on the merger of microsoft and linkedin. An example of a knowledge qualified representation is. As the knowledge base grows, the knowledge acquisition tool derives more frequent and more reliable expectations that result from enforcing constraints in the knowledge representation system, looking for missing pieces of knowledge in the knowledge base, and working out incrementally the interdependencies among the different components of the. John kwokas recently published mergers, merger control, and remedies 2015 has received considerable attention from both antitrust practitioners and academics. Knowledge acquisition, knowledge representation, automated reasoning. Any one who has ever built an expert system, a natural.
Sowa s previous work on conceptual structures reactivated and extended the innovative work of charles sanders peirce, which integrates logic and graph theory. Knowledge is acquired and accumulated over the years. Isbn 0534949657 the diagram on the cover of the book is the tree of nature and logic by the thirteenth century poet, philosopher, and missionary ramon lull. The effect of mergers and acquisitions on the performance. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Before deciding on a merger or acquisition, make sure you are the bestinformed executive in the room in order to mitigate risk. This view is strongly grounded in philosophy and logic, with conceptual graph theory used as a unifying notation. Overcoming knowledge gaps in postmerger integration. Knowledge management delivers maximum value when applied to high value knowledge, to support high value decisions, and in areas where that knowledge is otherwise at risk of being lost. Pdf on jan 1, 2000, john f sowa and others published knowledge.
Before deciding on a merger or acquisition, make sure you are the bestinformed executive in the room. The objectcentered representation could be reached by merging many. I recently talked to the principals of a merger that resulted from a negotiation supported through the nsi. Knowledge representation and reasoning is at the heart of the great challenge of. In a vertical merger a firm purchases one of its suppliers a backward merger or merges with one of its customers a forward merger. Do corporate mergers bring about new combinations of knowledge empirical evidence from patent data, international journal of knowledge management studies, vol. Stickiness stickiness is the term used to describe the difficulties associated with capturing and transferring tacit knowledge within an organization szulanski, 1996. Logical, philosophical, and computational foundations sowa, john f. I immediately thought about some work that apqc and one of our past knowledge management km advanced working groups did that was focused on the role of km during a merger or acquisition. The aim of this thesis has been to, in a case study, investigate the relationships. Approaches to knowledge representation simple relational knowledge inheritable knowledge.
Contextualised view of knowledge transfer in mergers and. The seller has no knowledge of any breach or anticipated breach by the other parties to any contract to which the company is party. This directory contains some information about the book, including online copies of the preface and the table of contents. Mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance 199 arise in the case of the target e. Knowledge management is quickly becoming a vogue business term because organizations are hoping that it will help them combat a very real business problem. The effect of mergers and acquisitions on the performance of companies the greek case of ionikilaiki bank and pisteos bank dimitrios maditinos1. Essays in critical science is a book written in 1990 by jerome ravetz the book contains a series of essays which touch upon science and policy, the role of ideologies in scientific progress, and broader themes of history and philosophy of science, with critical attention to points of friction between science and society. Knowledge is power in mergers and acquisitions raconteur. This research explores the links between organizational learning and knowledge management, emphasizing the roles that organizational culture and infrastructure play in supporting and facilitating organizational learning. Details of these activities are discussed in the following sections. Since the value of knowledge erodes over time, the content of a knowledge. Knowledge sharing is the conduit through which solutions travel from place a to place b.
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