Organizations require mechanisms to efficientlydistribute knowledge such as news releases, seminarannouncements, and memos. While the machinery forinformation storage, manipulation. and retrieval exists,research dealing directly with knowledge distribution inan organizational context is scarce....

A considerable body of work highlights the relevance of collaborative research, contract research, consulting and informal relationships for university-industry knowledge transfer. We present a systematic review of research on academic scientists’ involvement in these activities to which we...