Essays about: "individual absorptive capacity"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words individual absorptive capacity.
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1. Exploring Knowledge Implementation in Project Teams - Insights from a Qualitative Case Study in a High-Tech Industry MNC
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Existing literature underscores the significance of knowledge management (KM) in organisations for enhancing performance and gaining competitive advantages. Despite scholars acknowledging that knowledge implementation activities realise the value of KM, little is known of how these activities can be affected through organisational structures. READ MORE
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2. Tacit Knowledge Transfer Between Organizational Units: Investigating How Different Knowledge-Heavy Industries Overcome Knowledge Tacitness
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Organizational strategists are working on their company’s ability to absorb and transfer knowledge between organizational units, their so-called absorptive capacity, to better react to environmental changes and, hence, strengthen their sustainable competitive advantage. In particular, the sharing of tacit know-how is considered to be difficult because it is contextual and experience-based, and, therefore, tends to ‘stick’ to the individual owning it. READ MORE
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3. How does an individual who absorbs external knowledge affect the organizational learning in an inter-organizational cooperation? A qualitative study of Volvo Trucks knowledge acquisition in the CERC cooperation
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Background & Purpose: As the technology landscape of today is very complex there are many technological fields that cannot be covered by one single company. Instead joint cooperation’s between different stakeholders is needed to solve the complex technological challenges facing us. READ MORE
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4. Burden Sharing of Climate Change : Should Indonesia Be Held Responsible for Its Deforestation and Transboundary Haze?
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälleAbstract : The IPCC's report in 2018 projects global warming will increase by 1.5oC in 2030, which makes contribution of each country to control their emissions becomes significant. READ MORE
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5. Achieving the internal transfer of best practices : A case study of how middle managers’ absorptive capacity is influenced by social integration mechanisms with headquarters
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Research question: What influence does headquarters´ social integration with middle managers have on the receiving unit´s absorptive capacity? Purpose: This study aims to investigate how middle managers within the subsidiaries of a multinational corporation perceive their social integration with headquarters. It is in the interest of this thesis to explore how best practices transferred from headquarters are exploited by middle managers and how social integration mechanisms influence the building blocks of their individual absorptive capacity: motivation, opportunity, and ability. READ MORE
