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| Author: | Schleimer, S. Riege, A. |
| Title: | Knowledge transfer between globally dispersed units at BMW |
| Journal: | Journal of Knowledge Management
2009 : VOL. 13:1, p. 27-41 |
| Index terms: | knowledge management car industry manufacturing multinational companies case studies |
| Freeterms: | knowledge transfer |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper aims at exploring how knowledge (hereafter as: knwl.) is transferred between identical, yet geographically distant units within a multinational corporation, Bayerische Motoren Werke (BMW). Employed is an embedded case study of BMW examining core drivers impacting on inter-unit knowledge transfers btw. six events and exhibitions (E&E) units located in Europe, Asia, and Australasia. The data highlight that effective knwl. transfer btw. E&E units depends on a combination of key drivers, e.g. social network ties, absorptive capacity, learning adaptiveness, and communication channels. It is suggested that the search for and transfer of knwl. depends in the first place on the applicability of context-specific knwl. rather than its complexity. |
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