Governance Structures of Socially Complex Knowledge Flows: Exchange, Entitlement and Gifts
The Social Science Journal, Vol. 43, pp. 653-657, 2006
5 Pages Posted: 12 Apr 2010
Date Written: March 12, 2006
Abstract
The intangible aspects of knowledge transfer in multinational corporations (MNCs) continue to be a crucial area of research in social science research and raise the issue of knowledge governance structures. The purpose of this conceptual note is twofold. Firstly, we believe that there is more than one governance structure for successful knowledge transfers and flows. We provide a typology of three governance structures: “exchange,” “entitlement,” “gifts.” Secondly, most MNCs will need to take advantage of all three or a combination of these three socially complex governance structures.
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