Examining knowledge transfer and networks: an overview of the last twenty years
Purpose Knowledge transfer (KT) has been attracting significant attention from the scientific community. The need to establish collaborative network relationships to achieve effective KT has led to a large volume of studies that attempt to identify how collaborative networks influence KT processes....
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Published in: | Journal of knowledge management Vol. 26; no. 8; pp. 2007 - 2037 |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | English |
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Kempston
Emerald Publishing Limited
05-09-2022
Emerald Group Publishing Limited |
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Summary: | Purpose
Knowledge transfer (KT) has been attracting significant attention from the scientific community. The need to establish collaborative network relationships to achieve effective KT has led to a large volume of studies that attempt to identify how collaborative networks influence KT processes. However, papers, which link KT and networks have not been systematised. This study aims to provide an overview of this academic field and sets an agenda for future research.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors followed the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses method to conduct a systematic review of the literature published in 2000–2020. The authors sourced the sample from the Web of Science and Scopus databases. The authors screened the references under the management and business categories that were published in the first two quartiles of the Journal Citation Report. This search returned 190 impactful papers across the 53 journals that were analysed.
Findings
The authors present the main results in two sections. First, this paper elaborates a conceptual model of the field; second, the authors review KT between firms and other agents, which allows us to identify KT flows within and between companies, universities and public institutions.
Originality/value
This paper provides the first systematic review of collaborative networks and KT. Five areas of action are identified for future research and are specified in several research questions. The authors also provide several practical implications. In a world in which more and more dynamic agents coexist, it is important to be aware of the needs of organisations that create and disseminate specific knowledge. |
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ISSN: | 1367-3270 1758-7484 1367-3270 |
DOI: | 10.1108/JKM-04-2021-0265 |