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| Author: | Birkinshaw, J. Nobel, R. Ridderstrale, J. |
| Title: | Knowledge as a Contingency Variable: Do the Characteristics of Knowledge Predict Organization Structure? |
| Journal: | Organization Science
2002 : MAY-JUN, VOL. 13:3, p. 274-289 |
| Index terms: | KNOWLEDGE KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT R&D MANAGEMENT |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper examines the validity of knowledge as a contingency variable. The paper also makes two important contributions to the knowledge management literature. First, the authors find support for the contingency logic, suggesting that effective organization design has to take into account the underlying characteristics of the firm's knowledge base. Second, the authors shed light on a relatively neglected dimension of knowledge that the authors call system embeddedness. This is the extent to which knowledge is a function of the social and physical system in which it exists. In the statistical analysis it emerges as a strong predictor of organization structure. Moreover, it also appears to be conceptually distinct from the tacit-articulate dimension that is normally emphasized. |
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