Ikujiro Nonaka
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Ikujiro Nonaka is a Japanese organizational theorist best known for his work on knowledge management and the SECI model of knowledge creation in firms.
All labels observed (1)
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| Ikujiro Nonaka canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1073232 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ikujiro Nonaka Context triple: [Michael Polanyi, influenced, Ikujiro Nonaka]
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A.
Sadaharu Oh
Sadaharu Oh is a legendary Japanese baseball player and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest home run hitters in the history of the sport.
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B.
Otozō Yamada
Otozō Yamada was a Japanese general who commanded the Kwantung Army in Manchuria during the final stages of World War II, including the Soviet–Japanese War of 1945.
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C.
Kakuei Tanaka
Kakuei Tanaka was a powerful and controversial Japanese prime minister and political kingmaker who dominated postwar politics through his influence within the Liberal Democratic Party.
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D.
Yasuo Fukuda
Yasuo Fukuda is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008 and is a prominent member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
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E.
Hideki Shirakawa
Hideki Shirakawa is a Japanese chemist renowned for his pioneering work on conductive polymers, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ikujiro Nonaka Target entity description: Ikujiro Nonaka is a Japanese organizational theorist best known for his work on knowledge management and the SECI model of knowledge creation in firms.
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A.
Sadaharu Oh
Sadaharu Oh is a legendary Japanese baseball player and manager, widely regarded as one of the greatest home run hitters in the history of the sport.
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B.
Otozō Yamada
Otozō Yamada was a Japanese general who commanded the Kwantung Army in Manchuria during the final stages of World War II, including the Soviet–Japanese War of 1945.
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C.
Kakuei Tanaka
Kakuei Tanaka was a powerful and controversial Japanese prime minister and political kingmaker who dominated postwar politics through his influence within the Liberal Democratic Party.
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D.
Yasuo Fukuda
Yasuo Fukuda is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008 and is a prominent member of the Liberal Democratic Party.
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E.
Hideki Shirakawa
Hideki Shirakawa is a Japanese chemist renowned for his pioneering work on conductive polymers, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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author ⓘ management scholar ⓘ organizational theorist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
David J. Teece
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Georg von Krogh ⓘ Hirotaka Takeuchi ⓘ Noboru Konno ⓘ Philip N. B. Schutte ⓘ Roderick J. Boland Jr. ⓘ Ryoko Toyama ⓘ |
| developedConcept |
Ba (shared context for knowledge creation)
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SECI model ⓘ knowledge-creating company ⓘ organizational knowledge creation theory ⓘ socialization-externalization-combination-internalization cycle ⓘ |
| familyName | Nonaka ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
knowledge management
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management studies ⓘ organizational theory ⓘ |
| givenName | Ikujiro ⓘ |
| influenced |
innovation management
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knowledge management research ⓘ organizational learning theory ⓘ strategic management of knowledge ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Michael Polanyi ⓘ |
| knownFor |
SECI model of knowledge creation
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knowledge-creating company concept ⓘ theory of organizational knowledge creation ⓘ |
| language |
English
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Japanese ⓘ |
| name | Ikujiro Nonaka self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Dynamic Theory of Organizational Knowledge Creation
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Enabling Knowledge Creation ⓘ Managing Flow: A Process Theory of the Knowledge-Based Firm ⓘ The Concept of “Ba”: Building a Foundation for Knowledge Creation ⓘ The Knowledge-Creating Company ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
explicit knowledge
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innovation in firms ⓘ knowledge-based view of the firm ⓘ organizational learning ⓘ tacit knowledge ⓘ |
| theorized |
importance of context (Ba) in knowledge processes
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interaction between tacit and explicit knowledge ⓘ role of middle managers in knowledge creation ⓘ spiral of organizational knowledge creation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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