Purpose – The European Union has an ambition to become the world’s most competitive and knowledge-based economy, which … interests are geared toward facilitating knowledge exchange between industry, university and government. In order to understand … how knowledge is created and enacted within a cluster initiative the purpose of this paper is to investigate the …

Purpose – In today's dynamic business environment knowledge is overturning the old rules of strategy and competition … knowledge sharing. Design/methodology/approach – The study is built mainly around the “how” question related to organizational … organizational learning and knowledge sharing in a midsized global IT solutions company. Findings – The results show that CoPs could …

Purpose – This paper seeks to take up the challenges of examining the issues of knowledge transfer in an organization … operating across Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. The purpose is directed to understanding whether knowledge … management efforts can lead to the improvement of knowledge transfer. Design/methodology/approach – The paper adopts a …

notions of what is knowledge determine what types of intra‐organizational mechanisms for knowledge transfer are preferred in a … given company setting. The article proposes that these tacit and informal views about knowledge constitute a knowledge … culture which may in turn be used to assist managers in making informed choices with respect to knowledge management tools. A …

organizational culture, and how the corporate approach towards knowledge management and cross‐site knowledge transfer is attuned to … level. Findings – Discussing the knowledge flows among the three sites and also the mechanisms of knowledge transfer across … organizational and national borders at AT&S, the paper concludes that high‐tech companies do not need knowledge management to be …

and sharing of knowledge from a social constructionist perspective. Design/methodology/approach – Using findings from an … in‐depth longitudinal study of a UK Government Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme, the paper shows that the … ability to adopt knowledge is linked to the efforts of actors to cope with the uncertainties that emerge from crisis events …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose that there is not one ideal network structure of knowledge flow, but … many, and that the network structures of knowledge flows between employees in teams are task‐related. Design …/methodology/approach – Ideal knowledge network structures in teams are examined on the basis of the literature. A case study of a well …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study how actors in a network for regional development perceive the network … by addressing the questions of what characterizes a network for regional development and why the actors participate in … such a network. Design/methodology/approach – The study focussed on using networking for regional development in Sweden …