We explore how a firm’s knowledge structure characteristics and market identity—as reflected in its position in the … industry value chain and market status—influence knowledge-based alliance (KBA) formation. We propose that a firm’s propensity … to form KBAs is affected by the congruence (or misalignment) between its knowledge structure characteristics (i …

Markets for knowledge are increasingly important to innovation, competitive advantage, and economic growth. This paper … examines five distinct markets through which knowledge can be exchanged: the market for codified knowledge (licensing), the … market for tacit knowledge (alliances), the market for encapsulated knowledge (sale/purchase of sophisticated products), the …

The emerging knowledge-based view of the firm offers new insight into the causes and management of interfirm alliances …. However, the development of an effective knowledge-based theory of alliance formation has been inhibited by a simplistic view …' desire to acquire knowledge from one another. We argue that the primary advantage of alliances over both firms and markets is …

is managing the knowledge contained in these resources appropriately. We discuss some existing knowledge modeling methods … and related tools with regard to learning scenarios. This paper focuses on presenting a knowledge modeling approach based … on personal knowledge networks. Aggregation and mapping of these personal networks can form a community network …