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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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-10032010-09-23T06:24:04Z Towards a Contingency Theory of Knowledge Exchange in Organizations LEVINE, Sheen S. Prietula, Michael J. 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. 2006-08-01T07:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4 info:doi/10.5465/AMBPP.2006.22898650 https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2006.22898650 Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Business enterprises business planning knowledge management intellectual capital Organizational Behavior and Theory
institution Singapore Management University
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Singapore
content_provider SMU Libraries
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topic Business enterprises
business planning
knowledge management
intellectual capital
Organizational Behavior and Theory
spellingShingle Business enterprises
business planning
knowledge management
intellectual capital
Organizational Behavior and Theory
LEVINE, Sheen S.
Prietula, Michael J.
Towards a Contingency Theory of Knowledge Exchange in Organizations
description 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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author LEVINE, Sheen S.
Prietula, Michael J.
author_facet LEVINE, Sheen S.
Prietula, Michael J.
author_sort LEVINE, Sheen S.
title Towards a Contingency Theory of Knowledge Exchange in Organizations
title_short Towards a Contingency Theory of Knowledge Exchange in Organizations
title_full Towards a Contingency Theory of Knowledge Exchange in Organizations
title_fullStr Towards a Contingency Theory of Knowledge Exchange in Organizations
title_full_unstemmed Towards a Contingency Theory of Knowledge Exchange in Organizations
title_sort towards a contingency theory of knowledge exchange in organizations
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2006
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4
https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2006.22898650
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