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The theory and practice of knowledge management and transfer: The case of the Olympic Games

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  • Milena M. Parent
  • Darlene MacDonald
  • Gabriel Goulet

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•We examine knowledge management/transfer theory and practice.•The setting is Olympic Games organizing committees and their stakeholders.•We develop a knowledge management and transfer model for the setting.•Information and knowledge concepts should be placed on a continuum not hierarchy.•Knowledge tailoring is an important activity for external knowledge transfer.The purpose of this paper was to examine the theory and practice of knowledge management processes, using the Olympic Games as the empirical setting and the Olympic Games Organizing Committee and its stakeholders as participants. The case study of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games was inductively and deductively content analyzed, resulting in the development of a knowledge management and transfer process model for Olympic Games organizing committees and their stakeholders. Moreover, we found that the information and knowledge concepts should be placed on a continuum from explicit to tacit (with experience); practitioners do not distinguish between knowledge management activities as researchers do; socialization, externalization, combination, and internalization mechanisms can be found when tailoring knowledge for a stakeholder; and knowledge sources, reasons, organizational culture, and especially individuals are important when implementing knowledge management/transfer processes.

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  • Milena M. Parent & Darlene MacDonald & Gabriel Goulet, 2014. "The theory and practice of knowledge management and transfer: The case of the Olympic Games," Sport Management Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(2), pages 205-218, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rsmrxx:v:17:y:2014:i:2:p:205-218
    DOI: 10.1016/j.smr.2013.06.002
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    1. Martin M�ller & Allison Stewart, 2016. "Does Temporary Geographical Proximity Predict Learning? Knowledge Dynamics in the Olympic Games," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(3), pages 377-390, March.
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    3. Shilbury, David & O’Boyle, Ian & Ferkins, Lesley, 2016. "Towards a research agenda in collaborative sport governance," Sport Management Review, Elsevier, vol. 19(5), pages 479-491.
    4. Martin Schnitzer & Kathrin Kronberger & Filippo Bazzanella & Sebastian Wenger, 2020. "Analyzing Project Management Methods in Organizing Sports Events," SAGE Open, , vol. 10(4), pages 21582440209, December.
    5. Noor Alia Hanim Mohamad Hassan & Muhd Nazri Muhamad Noor & Norhayati Hussin, 2017. "Knowledge Transfer Practice in Organization," International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, vol. 7(8), pages 750-760, August.
    6. Eva Kassens-Noor, 2019. "“Failure to adjust†: Boston’s bid for the 2024 Olympics and the difficulties of learning Olympic wisdom," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 51(8), pages 1684-1702, November.

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