Knowledge Diffusion in Contemporary R&D Groups; Re-Examining The Role Of The Technological Gatekeeper

2009 ◽  
pp. 80-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eoin Whelan ◽  
Brian Donnellan ◽  
Willie Golden
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Diffusion

scholarly journals Model of Multilayer Knowledge Diffusion for Competence Development in an Organization

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Przemysław Różewski ◽  
Jarosław Jankowski
Keyword(s):  
Development Process ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
Knowledge Diffusion ◽  
Competence Development ◽  
Organizational Perspective ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Social Abilities ◽  
Additional Value ◽  
New Strategies

Growing role of intellectual capital within organizations is affecting new strategies related to knowledge management and competence development. Among different aspects related to this field, knowledge diffusion has become one of the interesting areas from both practitioner and researcher’s perspectives. Several models were proposed with main goal of simulating diffusion and explaining the nature of these processes. Existing models are focused on knowledge diffusion and they assume diffusion within a single layer using knowledge representation. From the organizational perspective connecting several types of knowledge and modelling changes of competence can bring additional value. In this paper we extended existing approaches by using multilayer diffusion model and focused on analysis of competence development process. The proposed model describes competence development process in a new way through horizontal and vertical knowledge diffusion in multilayer network. In the network, agents collaborate and interchange various kinds of knowledge through different layers and these mutual activities affect the competencies in a positive or negative way. Taking into consideration worker’s cognitive and social abilities and the previous level of competence the new competence level can be estimated. The model is developed to support competence management in different organizations.

scholarly journals The role of geographical proximity in knowledge diffusion, measured by citations to scientific literature

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 101010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Abramo ◽  
Ciriaco Andrea D’Angelo ◽  
Flavia Di Costa
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Knowledge Diffusion ◽  
Geographical Proximity

Organizational determinants and idiosyncrasies of firms’ absorptive capacity in a developing country

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 384-395
Author(s):  
André Luiz da Silva Teixeira ◽  
Márcia Siqueira Rapini ◽  
Thiago Caliari
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Organizational Innovation ◽  
Knowledge Diffusion ◽  
Research Institutes ◽  
External Relationships ◽  
Organizational Determinants

Abstract This article analyses the idiosyncrasies and organizational determinants of the absorptive capacity (AC) of firms located in a developing country. Theoretically, this article characterizes a ‘vicious circle of limited AC’ in Latin American firms. Empirically, the Brazilian Innovation Survey (2011 and 2014) is employed to analyze the role of organizational innovation and different innovative efforts to build two types of AC: (1) academic AC (to absorb knowledge from universities or research institutes); (2) market AC (to absorb knowledge from suppliers, clients, or competitors). The main results indicate that firms develop both types of AC through training and acquisition of external Research and Development (R&D), instead of expenditure on internal R&D; academic AC is also built by external relationships and the firms’ researchers’ skills, while market AC is primarily affected by better internal knowledge diffusion. These results qualify the generic argument of limited AC for firms in a Latin American context.

Ethics in Knowledge Dissemination

2018 ◽  
pp. 317-334
Author(s):  
Damini Saini
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Diffusion ◽  
Knowledge Dissemination ◽  
False Information ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Ethical Knowledge ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Transfer Of Information

In the modern socio-economic scenario, knowledge dissemination has turn out to be an essential topic. Effective knowledge dissemination is significant for the organizations as knowledge is shared not only with people working within the organizations but with a long list of stakeholders attached with the organization. Dissemination of knowledge has drawn a wide attention to related ethical considerations, as sometimes information shared in unregulated and subversive ways or unreliable or false information is shared with people. To understand the role of ethics in knowledge dissemination in organizations this chapter provides a discussion of implications of the questions of relevance, predicament and systems of ethical knowledge diffusion. Further the author illustrates distortion of information or knowledge for self-interest, their causes and effects with relevant examples. The chapter identifies the ethics of “informal” and unauthorized transfer of information, and proposes solutions and approach to deal with the problem.

The Impact of Proximity Dimensions on the Knowledge Diffusion Process

2010 ◽  
pp. 59-80
Author(s):  
Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Process ◽  
Knowledge Diffusion ◽  
Types Of Knowledge ◽  
Diffusion Of Knowledge ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Proximity Dimensions

The purpose of this research is to explore how proximity dimensions can favour the diffusion of knowledge between economic actors, focusing on the knowledge relationships established by a knowledge gatekeeper. In particular, the authors formulate several hypotheses regarding the role of proximity dimensions (i.e. geographical, organizational, and technological) in affecting the establishment of gatekeepers’ knowledge relationships, taking into account their collaborative-non collaborative type and exploitative-explorative nature. Adopting a patent-based analysis, the authors test their hypotheses on a research sample constituted by 527 knowledge relationships established by two distinct types of knowledge gatekeeper, i.e. an university and a firm.

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