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Intra and Inter-Organizational Knowledge Transfer Processes Identifying the Missing Links

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  • Markus C. Becker
  • Mette Præst Knudsen

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Inspired by the resource- and knowledge-based views, much attention has been focused on knowledge transfer as a process of strategic importance. Still, many open questions regarding knowledge transfer processes need to be addressed to complete our understanding. For instance, what are the barriers to knowledge transfer, and what are the facilitators? A review of the literature reveals that it is divided into two streams: articles on intra-firm knowledge flows and articles on inter-firm knowledge flows. Part of the incompleteness of our understanding of knowledge transfer processes, we argue, derives from the fact that it is unclear in which way intra- and inter-firm knowledge flows are different. The paper investigates three questions: first, how knowledge transfer is defined differently in intra- and inter-firm knowledge flows; second: how barriers to knowledge transfer processes differ; and thirdly: what we need to know to be able to formulate a management view of organizational knowledge flows, whether intra- or inter-organizational. The concluding section argues five research questions whose answers may enable research to formulate a management view of knowledge flows.

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  • Markus C. Becker & Mette Præst Knudsen, 2006. "Intra and Inter-Organizational Knowledge Transfer Processes Identifying the Missing Links," DRUID Working Papers 06-32, DRUID, Copenhagen Business School, Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy/Aalborg University, Department of Business Studies.
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    1. Lisbeth Brøde Jepsen & Perttu Dietrich, 2014. "Technology Uncertainty And Project Managers' Information Sharing — A Comparative Case Study Of Two New Product Development Projects," International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 11(02), pages 1-23.
    2. Jannika Mattes, 2012. "Dimensions of Proximity and Knowledge Bases: Innovation between Spatial and Non-spatial Factors," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(8), pages 1085-1099, December.
    3. Mohamed-Larbi Aribou & Said Outmane, 2015. "Management des connaissances et réussite des fusions & acquisitions : approche par les normes," Post-Print hal-01354156, HAL.
    4. Rakthin, Sirisuhk & Calantone, Roger J. & Wang, Joyce Feng, 2016. "Managing market intelligence: The comparative role of absorptive capacity and market orientation," Journal of Business Research, Elsevier, vol. 69(12), pages 5569-5577.

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    Keywords

    Review; internal knowledge flows; external knowledge flows; definition; barriers to knowledge flows;
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    JEL classification:

    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • L20 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - General
    • L22 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Firm Organization and Market Structure
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D

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