Knowledge Sharing : A Review of the Literature

A successful knowledge-sharing effort requires a focus on more than simply the transfer of the specific knowledge. Instead, many of the activities to be undertaken need to focus on structuring and implementing the arrangement in a way that bridges...

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Main Author: Cummings, Jeffrey
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
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spelling okr-10986-190602021-04-23T14:03:50Z Knowledge Sharing : A Review of the Literature Cummings, Jeffrey ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY ACHIEVEMENT ACTIVE LEARNING ADAPTATION APPRENTICESHIP AREAS OF EXPERTISE ATTENTION BEHAVIORS BELIEFS BEST PRACTICE BEST PRACTICES BOUNDARIES BOUNDARY BRAINSTORMING CAPACITY BUILDING CATEGORIZATION CITIES COGNITION COGNITIVE PROCESSES COLLABORATION COMMON KNOWLEDGE COMMON SENSE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMPETENCE COMPETENCIES COMPETENCY COMPETITORS COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE COMPLEXITY CULTURAL NORMS DECISION-MAKING DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY DISCUSSION DISCUSSIONS DOCUMENTS EFFECTIVE LEARNING ENGINEERS ENTREPRENEURSHIP ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS EQUIPMENT EXISTING KNOWLEDGE EXPERIMENTATION EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE EXPLORATION FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE GLOBALIZATION HUMAN CAPITAL IDEA IDEAS IDENTITY INFORMATION SYSTEMS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION INNOVATION SYSTEMS INNOVATIONS INSIGHTS INSTRUCTION INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INTUITION KNOW HOW KNOW-HOW KNOWING KNOWLEDGE BASE KNOWLEDGE BASES KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE KNOWLEDGE FLOWS KNOWLEDGE FOR DEVELOPMENT KNOWLEDGE GAP KNOWLEDGE GAPS KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORIES KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORY KNOWLEDGE SHARING KNOWLEDGE TAXONOMIES KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER KNOWLEDGESHARING LEARNING DISABILITIES LEARNING ENVIRONMENT LEARNING EXPERIENCES LEARNING PROCESS LEARNING PROCESSES LEARNING THEORIES LIFE CYCLES LOCAL KNOWLEDGE LOGIC MARKETING MOTIVATION MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE NETWORKS ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING ORGANIZATIONAL MEMORY ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS PATENTS PERCEPTION PERSONALITY PERSONALITY TYPES POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES PROGRAMS R&D RECALL REDUNDANCY REPOSITORIES RETENTION SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE SOCIAL LEARNING SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS SOCIALIZATION STORY TELLING STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS TACIT DIMENSION TACIT KNOWLEDGE TECHNICIANS TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TRAINING ACTIVITIES TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE USE OF INFORMATION USE OF KNOWLEDGE VALUE CREATION A successful knowledge-sharing effort requires a focus on more than simply the transfer of the specific knowledge. Instead, many of the activities to be undertaken need to focus on structuring and implementing the arrangement in a way that bridges both existing and potential relationship issues, and examining the form and location of the knowledge to ensure its complete transfer. In other words, while the activities used to share knowledge, such as document exchanges, presentations, job rotations, etc., are important, overcoming the factors that can impede, complicate and even harm knowledge internalization are equally important in determining the ultimate results of a knowledge-sharing effort. Accordingly, any evaluations of the Bank s knowledge-sharing efforts need to incorporate assessments of its use of activities related to understanding the form and embedded knowledge, establishing and managing appropriate administrative structures, and facilitating the transfer of the knowledge. 2014-07-30T13:41:02Z 2014-07-30T13:41:02Z 2003 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/19574499/knowledge-sharing-review-literature http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19060 English en_US OED working paper series; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY
ACHIEVEMENT
ACTIVE LEARNING
ADAPTATION
APPRENTICESHIP
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
ATTENTION
BEHAVIORS
BELIEFS
BEST PRACTICE
BEST PRACTICES
BOUNDARIES
BOUNDARY
BRAINSTORMING
CAPACITY BUILDING
CATEGORIZATION
CITIES
COGNITION
COGNITIVE PROCESSES
COLLABORATION
COMMON KNOWLEDGE
COMMON SENSE
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
COMPETENCE
COMPETENCIES
COMPETENCY
COMPETITORS
COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE
COMPLEXITY
CULTURAL NORMS
DECISION-MAKING
DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY
DISCUSSION
DISCUSSIONS
DOCUMENTS
EFFECTIVE LEARNING
ENGINEERS
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
EQUIPMENT
EXISTING KNOWLEDGE
EXPERIMENTATION
EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE
EXPLORATION
FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS
GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE
GLOBALIZATION
HUMAN CAPITAL
IDEA
IDEAS
IDENTITY
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION
INNOVATION SYSTEMS
INNOVATIONS
INSIGHTS
INSTRUCTION
INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INTUITION
KNOW HOW
KNOW-HOW
KNOWING
KNOWLEDGE BASE
KNOWLEDGE BASES
KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT
KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION
KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE
KNOWLEDGE FLOWS
KNOWLEDGE FOR DEVELOPMENT
KNOWLEDGE GAP
KNOWLEDGE GAPS
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORIES
KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORY
KNOWLEDGE SHARING
KNOWLEDGE TAXONOMIES
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
KNOWLEDGESHARING
LEARNING DISABILITIES
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
LEARNING EXPERIENCES
LEARNING PROCESS
LEARNING PROCESSES
LEARNING THEORIES
LIFE CYCLES
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
LOGIC
MARKETING
MOTIVATION
MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE
NETWORKS
ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE
ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING
ORGANIZATIONAL MEMORY
ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES
ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS
PATENTS
PERCEPTION
PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY TYPES
POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES
PROGRAMS
R&D
RECALL
REDUNDANCY
REPOSITORIES
RETENTION
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE
SOCIAL LEARNING
SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
SOCIALIZATION
STORY TELLING
STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
TACIT DIMENSION
TACIT KNOWLEDGE
TECHNICIANS
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TRAINING ACTIVITIES
TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY
TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE
USE OF INFORMATION
USE OF KNOWLEDGE
VALUE CREATION
spellingShingle ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY
ACHIEVEMENT
ACTIVE LEARNING
ADAPTATION
APPRENTICESHIP
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
ATTENTION
BEHAVIORS
BELIEFS
BEST PRACTICE
BEST PRACTICES
BOUNDARIES
BOUNDARY
BRAINSTORMING
CAPACITY BUILDING
CATEGORIZATION
CITIES
COGNITION
COGNITIVE PROCESSES
COLLABORATION
COMMON KNOWLEDGE
COMMON SENSE
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
COMPETENCE
COMPETENCIES
COMPETENCY
COMPETITORS
COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE
COMPLEXITY
CULTURAL NORMS
DECISION-MAKING
DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY
DISCUSSION
DISCUSSIONS
DOCUMENTS
EFFECTIVE LEARNING
ENGINEERS
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
EQUIPMENT
EXISTING KNOWLEDGE
EXPERIMENTATION
EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE
EXPLORATION
FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS
GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE
GLOBALIZATION
HUMAN CAPITAL
IDEA
IDEAS
IDENTITY
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATION
INNOVATION SYSTEMS
INNOVATIONS
INSIGHTS
INSTRUCTION
INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
INTUITION
KNOW HOW
KNOW-HOW
KNOWING
KNOWLEDGE BASE
KNOWLEDGE BASES
KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT
KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION
KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE
KNOWLEDGE FLOWS
KNOWLEDGE FOR DEVELOPMENT
KNOWLEDGE GAP
KNOWLEDGE GAPS
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORIES
KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORY
KNOWLEDGE SHARING
KNOWLEDGE TAXONOMIES
KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
KNOWLEDGESHARING
LEARNING DISABILITIES
LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
LEARNING EXPERIENCES
LEARNING PROCESS
LEARNING PROCESSES
LEARNING THEORIES
LIFE CYCLES
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
LOGIC
MARKETING
MOTIVATION
MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE
NETWORKS
ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES
ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
ORGANIZATIONAL KNOWLEDGE
ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING
ORGANIZATIONAL MEMORY
ORGANIZATIONAL PRACTICES
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES
ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEMS
PATENTS
PERCEPTION
PERSONALITY
PERSONALITY TYPES
POSITIVE EXTERNALITIES
PROGRAMS
R&D
RECALL
REDUNDANCY
REPOSITORIES
RETENTION
SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE
SOCIAL CAPITAL
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE
SOCIAL LEARNING
SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS
SOCIALIZATION
STORY TELLING
STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
TACIT DIMENSION
TACIT KNOWLEDGE
TECHNICIANS
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TRAINING ACTIVITIES
TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY
TYPES OF KNOWLEDGE
USE OF INFORMATION
USE OF KNOWLEDGE
VALUE CREATION
Cummings, Jeffrey
Knowledge Sharing : A Review of the Literature
relation OED working paper series;
description A successful knowledge-sharing effort requires a focus on more than simply the transfer of the specific knowledge. Instead, many of the activities to be undertaken need to focus on structuring and implementing the arrangement in a way that bridges both existing and potential relationship issues, and examining the form and location of the knowledge to ensure its complete transfer. In other words, while the activities used to share knowledge, such as document exchanges, presentations, job rotations, etc., are important, overcoming the factors that can impede, complicate and even harm knowledge internalization are equally important in determining the ultimate results of a knowledge-sharing effort. Accordingly, any evaluations of the Bank s knowledge-sharing efforts need to incorporate assessments of its use of activities related to understanding the form and embedded knowledge, establishing and managing appropriate administrative structures, and facilitating the transfer of the knowledge.
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author Cummings, Jeffrey
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title Knowledge Sharing : A Review of the Literature
title_short Knowledge Sharing : A Review of the Literature
title_full Knowledge Sharing : A Review of the Literature
title_fullStr Knowledge Sharing : A Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge Sharing : A Review of the Literature
title_sort knowledge sharing : a review of the literature
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/01/19574499/knowledge-sharing-review-literature
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19060
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