The Social Embeddedness of Knowledge:

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dc.contributor.author	Lam, Alice
dc.date.accessioned	2010-07-02
dc.date.accessioned	2010-07-02T09:36:35Z
dc.date.available	2010-07-02T09:36:35Z
dc.date.issued	2010-07-02
dc.identifier.isbn	87-7873-043-0
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8108
dc.description.abstract	The growing importance of knowledge-based competition has prompted many firms to build international cooperative ventures for skills acquisition and knowledge building. Based on an empirical study of a close collaboration in the knowledge intensive area between a British and a Japanese high-technology firm, the paper examines how the socially embedded nature of knowledge can impede cross-national collaborative work and knowledge sharing. The paper uses Michael Polanyi's concept of 'tacit knowledge' in a much wider societal context. It develops a conceptual model for analysing the main differences and 'points of friction' between the British 'professional' and the Japanese 'organisational' models of organisation of knowledge in high-level technical work. It shows how the dominant form of knowledge held in organisations, its degree of tacitness, and the way in which it is structured, utilised and transmitted can vary considerably between firms in different societal settings. The study demonstrates a strong presence of 'societal effects' on the knowledge base of the firm and how this might impose a limit on knowledge sharing and organisational learning across national boundaries.	en_US
dc.format.extent	47 s.	en_US
dc.language	eng	en_US
dc.publisher	Copenhagen Business School	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	DRUID;98-7
dc.subject.other	Knowledge transfer, technology and organization, societal effect, tacit knowledge, organisational	en_US
dc.title	The Social Embeddedness of Knowledge:	en_US
dc.type	wp	en_US
dc.accessionstatus	modt10jul02 siso	en_US
dc.contributor.corporation	Copenhagen Business School. CBS	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Institut for Innovation og Organisationsøkonomi	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentshort	INO	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentuk	Department of Innovation and Organizational Economics	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentukshort	INO	en_US
dc.idnumber	x644792514	en_US
dc.publisher.city	København	en_US
dc.publisher.year	1998	en_US
dc.title.subtitle	Problems of Knowledge Sharing and Organisational Learning in International High-Technology Ventures	en_US