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Essays on the Micro-Foundations of the Knowledge-Based View: Human Capital, Knowledge Networks and Innovation Strategy

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The article was published on 2012-07-02 and is currently open access. It has received 1 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Knowledge economy & Human capital.

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The network structure of exploration and exploitation

TL;DR: This article examined how the structure of communication networks among actors can affect system-level performance and found that an inefficient network maintains diversity in the system and is thus better for exploration than an efficient network, supporting a more thorough search for solutions in the long run.
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Absorptive capacity: a new perspective on learning and innovation

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the ability of a firm to recognize the value of new, external information, assimilate it, and apply it to commercial ends is critical to its innovative capabilities.
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The Economic Institutions of Capitalism

TL;DR: The Economic Institutions of Capitalism as mentioned in this paper is a seminal work in the field of economic institutions of capitalism. Journal of Economic Issues: Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 528-530.

Toward a Knowledge-Based Theory of the Firm,” Strategic Management Journal (17), pp.

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TL;DR: The primary contribution of the paper is in exploring the coordination mechanisms through which firms integrate the specialist knowledge of their members, which has implications for the basis of organizational capability, the principles of organization design, and the determinants of the horizontal and vertical boundaries of the firm.
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Knowledge of the Firm, Combinative Capabilities, and the Replication of Technology

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that what firms do better than markets is the sharing and transfer of the knowledge of individuals and groups within an organization, and that knowledge is held by individuals but is also expressed in regularities by which members cooperate in a social community (i.e., group, organization, or network).