This paper attempts to answer the question of what and how knowledge sharing mechanisms should be used between geographically dispersed plants in multinational companies. Case studies in eleven multinational companies reveal many mechanisms are used for inter-plant knowledge sharing, which are...

Social network analysis is a sociological paradigm to analyse structural patterns of social relationships. It provides a set of methods and measures to identify, visualise, and analyse the informal personal networks within and between organisations. Thus, social network analysis provides a...

This paper will examine the development and tracking of tacit (informal) knowledge transfer within a complex system and through the lens of scalability. The relevance of complex systems to transport is that transportation and mobility are highly complex systems. Understanding the combination of...

Knowledge-based groups or communities are complex systems that emerge, evolve and mature through stages that display specific features and capabilities of the community or group. Understanding these capabilities and features are fundamental to building sustainable economic, social and learning...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate important impediments to knowledge creation within newly-established foreign invested R&D centers in China and India. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents a framework based on knowledge creation theory in order to understand...

Innovation in different Stages (INNOVS) is considered an important driver to create and increase the competitive advantage (OECD, 2005; White & Bruton, 2011; INSEAD, 2013; Dussauge et al, 1992; Hill &Jones, 2011). By other hand, Knowledge management today, is considered a real factor for improving innovation in...

Innovation can be broken down in stages (INNOVS) to increase the competitive advantage. When the Innovation improves the Knowledge Management in the firms based on the sense of information: for, from and about the customers, is called: Customer Knowledge Management (CKM). The aim of this study...

The Type of Innovation as an Innovation Process component, increases the competitive advantage of the firms. The Customer Knowledge Management, influences the Firm´s Process Innovation, based on the sense of information: for, from and about the customers, that increase the market opportunities....

In this paper, we argue that those firms with higher levels of absorptive capacity can manage external knowledge flows more efficiently, and stimulate innovative outcomes. We test this contention with a sample of 2265 Spanish firms, drawn from the Community Innovation Surveys (CIS) for 2000 and...