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The Search-Transfer Problem: The Role of Weak Ties in Sharing Knowledge across Organization Subunits.
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In this article, the authors combine the concept of weak ties from social network research and the notion of complex knowledge to explain the role of weak links in sharing knowledge across organization subunits.Abstract:
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Dynamic capabilities, what are they?
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Social Capital: Prospects for a New Concept
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Proximity and Innovation: A Critical Assessment
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Knowledge transfer: a basis for competitive advantage in firms
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that the creation and transfer of knowledge are a basis for competitive advantage in firms, and they build on a framework of knowledge reservoirs to identify the kinds of knowledge that are most difficult to transfer to different contexts.
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Knowledge Transfer in Intraorganizational Networks: Effects of Network Position and Absorptive Capacity on Business Unit Innovation and Performance
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The Strength of Weak Ties
TL;DR: In this paper, it is argued that the degree of overlap of two individuals' friendship networks varies directly with the strength of their tie to one another, and the impact of this principle on diffusion of influence and information, mobility opportunity, and community organization is explored.
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The iron cage revisited institutional isomorphism and collective rationality in organizational fields
Paul DiMaggio,Walter W. Powell +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that rational actors make their organizations increasingly similar as they try to change them, and describe three isomorphic processes-coercive, mimetic, and normative.
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An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors developed an evolutionary theory of the capabilities and behavior of business firms operating in a market environment, including both general discussion and the manipulation of specific simulation models consistent with that theory.
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Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications
TL;DR: This paper presents mathematical representation of social networks in the social and behavioral sciences through the lens of Dyadic and Triadic Interaction Models, which describes the relationships between actor and group measures and the structure of networks.
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The Tacit Dimension
TL;DR: The Tacit Dimension, originally published in 1967, argues that such tacit knowledge - tradition, inherited practices, implied values, and prejudgments - is a crucial part of scientific knowledge.