Transfer in context: replication and adaptation in knowledge transfer relationships
Transfer in context: replication and adaptation in knowledge transfer relationships
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DOI：
10.1002/smj.614
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发表时间：
2007-09
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1.1
通讯作者：
Charles Williams
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作者：
Charles Williams
本文探讨了知识转移关系中复制和适应的作用。我开发了一个知识转移模型，其中企业复制，因为知识是模糊的，因为知识依赖于上下文而适应。在该模型中，当知识是离散的时，企业复制更多，当它们理解不同知识领域之间的相互作用时，企业适应更多。复制和改编导致成功的知识转让，从而导致接收单位的业绩改善。预测进行了测试，使用的跨国知识转移在电信行业的公司之间的关系的调查。研究结果与模型基本一致，并指出了未来研究的潜在领域，如复制的驱动因素、知识的折旧率以及理解在组织知识中的作用。版权所有© 2007约翰威利父子有限公司。
This paper explores the role of replication and adaptation in knowledge transfer relationships. I develop a model of knowledge transfer in which firms replicate because knowledge is ambiguous and adapt because knowledge depends on context. In the model, firms replicate more when knowledge is discrete and adapt more when they understand the interactions between different areas of knowledge. Replication and adaptation lead to successful knowledge transfer, which leads to improved performance of the receiving unit. The predictions are tested using a survey of cross‐border knowledge transfer relationships among firms in the telecommunications industry. The results are largely consistent with the model and point to potential areas for future research, such as the drivers of replication, the depreciation rate of knowledge, and the role of understanding in organizational knowledge. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.