understanding. Two problems and solutions in the transfer of knowledge, especially to small firms, are identified and discussed …. There is a problem not only of expressing tacit knowledge, but also of absorbing new knowledge when it needs to replace … existing tacit knowledge. Next to issues of learning or competence development there are also issues of governance, in the …

tacit knowledge, and absorbing newknowledge when it needs to replace existing tacit knowledge. In addition totheseproblems … knowledgespillovers. An underlying theory of knowledge is needed for an analysis of knowledgetransfer. An interactionist, constructivist … issues of organizational and networkgovernance,andthe degree to which existing knowledge in the firm and the newknowledge to …