Following Garicano (2000), we consider groups whose members decide what knowledge to acquire and how to use this … knowledge in production. If efficient production requires common knowledge, all group members should become workers and acquire … common knowledge. But if efficient production requires diverse knowledge, one group member should become manager, acquire …

and informal knowledge processes. The organizational culture, transformational leadership, and innovativeness are also … included in the investigation as ascendants and consequences of the focal relation of intellectual capital and knowledge …,418 Polish knowledge workers employed in the construction, healthcare, higher education (HE), and information technology (IT …

This paper provides the first in-depth study of the organization of knowledge in multinational firms. The paper … develops a theoretical model that studies how firms optimally split knowledge between their headquarters and their production … plants if communication costs impede the access of production plants to headquarter knowledge. The paper assumes that the …

This paper provides the first in-depth study of the organization of knowledge in multinational firms. In the theory …, knowledge is a costly input for firms that they can acquire at their headquarters or their production plants. Communication … costs impede the access of the plants to headquarter knowledge. The model shows that multinational firms systematically …

Recent extensions to the knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship (KSTE) show that the successful … commercialization of new knowledge by incumbents depends on their absorptive capacities. For policy-makers focusing on increasing … incumbents' innovative performance, the systematic reduction of knowledge filter through improved absorptive capacities thus …