This paper examines the ‘cognitive’ and ‘societal’ aspects of the tacit knowledge transfer problem in MNCs. Based on a … institutions governing knowledge production inhibits cross-societal tacit knowing …

through the exchange of matter, energy, information and knowledge. The optimal allocation of resources cannot be left to the … itself in a position of internal auditor, recognizing that the creation of knowledge also comes through cooperative behavior …. Businesses, therefore, being able to encode and transfer knowledge to suppliers, become organizations that facilitate the …