Towards a Contingency Theory of Knowledge Exchange in Organizations

Towards a Contingency Theory of Knowledge Exchange in Organizations

It is often presumed that knowledge exchange (or transfer) leads to distinctive advantages for firms. Amalgamating extensive qualitative data from knowledge-intensive sites and agent-based simulation, we model how individual agents, rather than organizational units or firms, search and exchange know...

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Main Authors: LEVINE, Sheen S., Prietula, Michael J.
Format: text
Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2006
Subjects:
Business enterprises
business planning
knowledge management
intellectual capital
Organizational Behavior and Theory
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4
https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2006.22898650
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Institution: Singapore Management University
Language: English
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Summary:It is often presumed that knowledge exchange (or transfer) leads to distinctive advantages for firms. Amalgamating extensive qualitative data from knowledge-intensive sites and agent-based simulation, we model how individual agents, rather than organizational units or firms, search and exchange knowledge. We report the results of synthetic experiments, which propose moving away from the “more is better” approach to knowledge exchange towards a more contingent approach.

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