Purpose – Transfer of training is vitally important in today's workplace, where organizations spend millions of dollars on training their employees. The purpose of this study is to identify effective tools for the transfer of training. Design/methodology/approach – A survey was conducted of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to expand existing tests of what drives training transfer, by including support originating from three sources, i.e. one's coworkers, supervisor, and organization. Design/methodology/approach – The results are based on a sample of trainees attending...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study and provide a large national publicly traded company with realistic solutions for succession planning. The name of the actual company where all data were collected has remained anonymous and been replaced with Millennium Dynamics, Inc. As a large...

Purpose – The focus of the paper is a large, national, publicly traded company. As a large number of its workforce consists of “baby boomers”, 50 percent of its employees will be of retirement age within the next five years. Having acknowledged the company's concerns about efficiency of...

Purpose – The present paper seeks to focus on the processes involved in the knowledge transfer of CSR and sustainability programs and theorises about a conceptual framework that addresses three aspects of such a knowledge transfer process: the “thinking”, the “doing” and the...

Purpose – In offering a critical account of project‐based innovation projects, this paper aims to assess the creation and sharing of knowledge from a social constructionist perspective. Design/methodology/approach – Using findings from an in‐depth longitudinal study of a UK Government...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for understanding how problem formulation, information search and division of work in new product development (NPD) activities is shaped by mind sets vested in organizations with diverging positions in the value chain and...

Purpose – This paper aims to explore the relationship between the types of R&D‐activities within science‐based firms and the knowledge transfer channels used for industry‐science collaboration. Rooted in a contingency approach, it seeks to identify patterns in the organization of...

Purpose – The aim of this article is to contribute to the debate on university‐industry knowledge transfer and on the changing organization of knowledge creation activities. Design/methodology/approach – By integrating several strands of analysis, a conceptual framework is developed that...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the role intermediaries can play in an small to medium‐sized enterprise's (SME's) pursuit for corporate sustainability with a focus on eco‐innovation. The research identifies drivers and barriers for eco‐innovation, and highlights...