Managing Knowledge Flows through Appropriation and Learning Strategies
In this paper, the management of outgoing and incoming knowledge is modelled as part of the firm’s profit-seeking strategy. The authors use survey data from over 600 Australian firms to examine this paradox and other effects of firms’ management of knowledge flows such as the complementarity between patents and secrecy.
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http://melbourneinstitute.com/wp/wp2006n06.pdf