The aim of this paper is to extend social capital approaches to knowledge transfer by identifying governance mechanisms that managers can deploy to promote the development of social capital. In order to achieve this objective, insights from the micro-level, knowledge governance approach are...

This paper focuses on some of the specificities of decision making in Russian organisations. These companies usually have a highly centralized decisionmaking. Paradoxically, Russian firms are also known for their relatively high level of hostility towards knowledge sharing. Both characteristics...

This paper examines knowledge sharing in business environments and cultures that are hostile to knowledge sharing. We focus on knowledge sharing as it relates to individual behavior and management as guiding basically willing individuals. We elaborate the dimensions related to knowledge...

Many observers have proclaimed the dawning of a new age – known as the new economy or the knowledge economy – in which society itself is on the verge of transformation through the use of knowledge. The flood of literature on the new economy and knowledge society associates a wide range of...

We examine how recruiting managers cope with communal norms and expectations of favoritism during recruitment and selection processes. Combining insights from institutional theory and network research, we develop a communal perspective on favoritism that presents favoritism as a social...

This thesis investigates university-industry relationships from the perspective of small firms. Traditionally university-industry relationships research features large firms rather than small firms, which leaves the strategies applied by small firms to establish and develop relationships with...

Innovation in disciplines, sectors, nations, regions and clusters has received considerable attention from innovation scholars. Yet, despite scholars’ efforts to examine innovation at these macro levels of the innovation system, there remains a gap in explaining innovation at the more...

Et øget konkurrencepres på virksomheder stiller stigende krav til fleksibilitet og evne til hurtig tilpasning til ændrede markedsvilkår. Mange virksomheder befinder sig i brancher, hvor deres fortsatte udvikling og overlevelse er tæt knyttet til deres evner til kontinuerligt at skabe og...