Originally published as The Learning Organization:
An International Journal Volume 13 Number 6, 2006
ISBN: 1 84663 190 4
Guest Edited by: Peter A.C. Smith
The papers in this Special Issue explore issues such as the ‘learning by doing’ capability of the operations function of the trans-national; analysis of inter- and intra-knowledge flow transfers in trans-nationals; strategic variables in knowledge flow transfer and achieving competitive advantage; the effect of ‘trust’ on knowledge sharing and alternative social capital enablers; how trans-nationals face unique issues that technology can help to alleviate.
There is also a review of how a state-owned enterprise with national focus has successfully become a major global player, describing the systemic approach taken, organizational development initiatives and leading-edge value-network business thinking adopted.
Contents:
Transnational corporations and strategic challenges: An analysis of knowledge flows and competitive advantage
This paper develops a conceptual framework for the analysis of knowledge flow transfers in transnationals. Based on this theoretical framework, the paper proposes research hypotheses and builds a causal model that links the constructs of the model (knowledge stickiness factors, internal/external knowledge flow transfer, and competitive advantage).
Learning-by-doing in transnational operations networks: Insights from economic geography
The purpose of this paper is to explore how insights from economic geography, which are typically explanatory or directed at policy prescription, might be utilized to provide managerial insight at firm level into the processes of and conditions for tacit knowledge transfer.
Collaboration, innovation, and value creation in a global telecom
The purpose of this paper is to review a systemic organizational change initiative for improving collaboration, innovation and value creation at a global telecom.
Storing and sharing knowledge: Supporting the management of knowledge made explicit in transnational organisations
The purpose of this paper is to indicate and illustrate the potential for use of different types of technologies to support knowledge process in transnational organizations.
Is trust really social capital? Knowledge sharing in product development projects
The purpose of this research is to focus on the role of trust in knowledge sharing. Social capital researchers have put forward trust as an important force behind the sharing of knowledge. This study aims to investigate whether trust indeed explains knowledge sharing relationships, or whether there are in fact much more important drivers of the sharing of knowledge in new product development projects.
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