The paper explores conceptually the implications of a major alteration in the institutional settings that have caused a radical change in the knowledge paradigm as new mostly “imported” knowledge replaces the “old” knowledge base. We focus on the process of relevance discovery. The aim...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report an explicit taxonomy of maritime operations (MO) to guide harbour masters (HMs) of smaller ports in planning more sustainable operations. Design/methodology/approach This research presents strategies for building theory to promote more sustainable...

Purpose – To identify factors that impede the absorption of management knowledge imported into transition countries, using Belarus as a case, in order to increase efficiency of knowledge transfer. Design/methodology/approach – The findings are based on three sources: the extensive analysis...