Supply Chain Management and Knowledge Management Integrating Critical Perspectives in Theory and Practice

Advances in IT have transformed the way organizations interact with each other. To enable organizations to respond to this change, new management paradigms have evolved. This text looks at the value of knowledge management in supply chain management and how supply chain partners can use IT to improve organizational performance. Companion Website: http://www.palgrave.com/business/waters/Home.aspx

ASHISH DWIVEDI is a Lecturer in Information Sciences at the University of Hull, UK and his primary research interests are in knowledge management, organizational behaviour, healthcare management, and information and communication technologies. He has recently published a text on Healthcare Knowledge Management, and is currently working on three other texts.

TIM BUTCHER is a Lecturer in Operations and Project Management at the University of Hull Logistics Institute, UK, where he is the MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management Programme Director. Tim's teaching and research are largely focused in two areas: human factors and new technologies logistics and SCM.