Journal of Emerging Defense Knowledge & Research Policy

Journal of Emerging Defense Knowledge & Research Policy

Investigating the differences of knowledge transfer process in collaborations by the aim of transferring complementary and supplementary knowledge

Document Type : Research Article

Authors
Maryam Faghei 1
Nima Mokhtarzadeh 2
Hadi Nilforooshan 3
Seyed mustafa Rzavi 2
1 بالاتر از میدان بنی هاشم-خیابان قادری-نبش بهرستان 1-پلاک22-واحد21
2 industrial management department, management faculty, Tehran university, Tehran, Iran
3 Sahid Beheshti University
10.22034/edrkp.2022.149022
Abstract
Knowledge and technology can be developed in two ways: The first is the endogenous development of knowledge using internal potential, and the second is the use of external resources and the transfer of existing knowledge and technology from outside of firms' boundaries. The rapid pace of technological change and the dispersion of knowledge across firms have led many firms to move toward knowledge transfer through inter-organizational collaborations. This research seeks to answer the question of what are the differences of the process of knowledge transfer in collaborations aimed at transfer of complementary or supplementary knowledge. For this purpose, interview tool (with Iranian pharmaceutical industry executives whose companies had successful experience in collaborations aimed at transfer of supplementary and complementary knowledge) and thematic analysis method were used. The results show that the four-step process of knowledge transfer in complementary knowledge transfer collaborations and supplementary knowledge transfer collaborations differs at least in 12 aspects that are investigated in this research
Keywords
Knowledge transfer
Knowledge acquisition
Supplementary and complementary knowledge
Inter-firm collaborations &emsp
Subjects

  • Receive Date 15 January 2022
  • Revise Date 05 March 2022
  • Accept Date 30 April 2022