It is a pleasure to introduce this special issueon knowledge-based development. I wouldlike to congratulate the Guest … Editor -Professor Francisco Javier Carrillo, Directorfor Knowledge Systems, ITESM, Mexico -for suggesting the topic …

internal knowledge transfer barriers, an area that has received little attention thus far. Design …/methodology/approach – Arguments draw upon theory in knowledge management and related fields and in‐depth interviews with over 60 senior and middle …, the literature review has identified a wide range of knowledge transfer barriers that managers need to consider. However …

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 …

their partners. For that reason, centers often seek to transfer knowledge from the center to partner firms. They even set up … systems of inter‐organizational knowledge transfer to plan, to coordinate, and to control such transfers on a firm level … instead of managing single knowledge transfer projects individually. However, little systematic attention has yet been paid to …

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to shed light on how subsidiary willingness to transfer knowledge is influenced by … formal control mechanisms from headquarters, and how this affects knowledge transfer performance. Design …/methodology/approach – The study highlights and tests the influence of two formal control mechanisms: formal demand to transfer knowledge from …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to empirically study transfer mechanisms of technological knowledge, and to … reports on a qualitative case study designed to explore the reasons underlying the selection of intra-organizational knowledge … permit the generalisation of the results. Originality/value – The knowledge transfer literature has discussed the mechanisms …

Purpose – This paper aims to clarify the relationship between explicit and tacit knowledge in specific organizational … can be learnt from them and to improve the use of knowledge assets in large‐scale organizations in high‐velocity and … from the public sector and the private sector and provides a model for knowledge management in high velocity …

Purpose This paper aims to answer the question: how do knowledge workers’ improvisation processes promote both … knowledge transfer and protection in knowledge-intensive organizations (KIOs)? A model is proposed identifying how effective … improvisation can strengthen the effect of four specific knowledge transfer mechanisms – an experimental culture, minimal structures …

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to explore the theoretical underpinnings of knowledge transfer within … Japanese multinationals. To that end, a conceptual model of knowledge transfer within Japanese multinational companies and … their overseas affiliates is proposed. Design/methodology/approach – In the first part, theoretical models of knowledge …

examine how knowledge is transferred between identical, yet geographically distant units within a multinational corporation … inter‐unit knowledge transfers between six events and exhibitions (E&E) units located in Europe, Asia, and Australasia …. Findings – The data highlight that effective knowledge transfer between E&E units depends on a combination of key drivers, such …