Purpose: The aim of this paper is to investigate the role of boundary management when firms should implement open innovation. Design/methodology/approach: The relevant literature on strategic management, firm boundaries and open innovation fields is revised and critically assessed. An...

Purpose: This paper aims to define knowledge transfer and small and medium enterprise’s (SME's) effectiveness. This research framework examines how employees understand, create and apply knowledge in a day-to-day working context, and how knowledge and other organisational factors influence...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the main types of sector-based resistance that affect the success of the innovation, and specifically the Internet of Things (IoT), with particular reference to professional football, as a prime example of how institutions can prevent the IoT...

Covers -- Editorial advisory and review board -- Guest editorial -- The curve of knowledge transfer: a theoretical model -- Knowledge transfer in interorganizational partnerships: what do we know? -- Knowledge transfer and managers turnover: impact on team performance -- Patenting or not? The...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of the entrepreneur in the knowledge transfer (KT) process of a start-up enterprise and the ways that role should change during the development phase to ensure mid-term business survival and growth. Design/methodology/approach: An...