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Bill McEvily
Researcher at University of Toronto
Publications - 37
Citations - 17915
Bill McEvily is an academic researcher from University of Toronto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Knowledge transfer & Organizational learning. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 37 publications receiving 16747 citations. Previous affiliations of Bill McEvily include Carnegie Mellon University & University of Minnesota.
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Does Trust Matter? Exploring the Effectsof Interorganizational and Interpersonaltrust on Performance
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the role of trust in inter-organizational exchange at two levels of analysis and assess its effects on negotiation costs, conflict, and ultimately performance.
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Network Structure and Knowledge Transfer: The Effects of Cohesion and Range:
Ray Reagans,Bill McEvily +1 more
TL;DR: It is proposed that social cohesion around a relationship affects the willingness and motivation of individuals to invest time, energy, and effort in sharing knowledge with others and that the network range, ties to different knowledge pools, increases a person's ability to convey complex ideas to heterogeneous audiences.
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Managing Knowledge in Organizations: An Integrative Framework and Review of Emerging Themes
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an integrative framework for organizing the literature on knowledge management and identify where research findings about knowledge management converge and where gaps in our understanding exist, as well as emerging themes in knowledge management.
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Bridging ties: a source of firm heterogeneity in competitive capabilities
Bill McEvily,Akbar Zaheer +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that firms in geographical clusters that maintain networks rich in bridging ties and sustain ties to regional institutions are well-positioned to access new information, ideas, and opportunities.
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Trust as an Organizing Principle
TL;DR: The paper concludes by demonstrating how the framework can be applied to yield novel insights into traditional views of organizations and to stimulate original and innovative avenues of organizational research that consider both the benefits and downsides of trust.