Evaluation of Knowledge Transfer Practices from a Leibniz Perspective

19 Pages Posted: 7 Mar 2019

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Michael Fascia

University of Oxford, Campion Hall

Hock Tan

Edinburgh Napier University

Mike Sanderson

Edinburgh Napier University

Date Written: February 15, 2019

Abstract

In recent years, there has been a growing number of subspecialties within the context of business management, which have begun to talk seriously about a notion of religious points of view in a business context. In this paper we unpack a view from Gottfried Leibniz (1646 – 1716) and to a lesser extent Kant (1724- 1804) and Hegel (1770-1831) in relation to this perspective with a view to interpret the complexity and the role of religion in this arena. Leibniz famously argued that the universe as it currently exists, has to be “the best of all possible worlds,” since an omniscient creator would know all possibilities, and, therefore select the best available options for a starting and ending point. We argue that, although dichotically opposed to the many contemporary empirical attitudes, this perspective still has an inherent and modern-day stance, representative to both business theory and decision making via knowledge transfer mechanisms. Thus, we examine why business start-ups evolve and what effect a religious element has on the central caveat for businesses wishing to achieve success and maintain competitive advantage options, perspectives and scenarios. In this regards, we look at a significant amount of literature, in a bid to understand both the problematic nature surrounding the mechanics used to establish meaningful baselines from the many perspectives. The paper then summarises these theoretical baselines into segmented contexts for discussion.

Keywords: Business Management, Economics, Knowledge, Knowledge transfer

Suggested Citation

Fascia, Michael and Tan, Hock and Sanderson, Mike, Evaluation of Knowledge Transfer Practices from a Leibniz Perspective (February 15, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3334870 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3334870

Michael Fascia (Contact Author)

University of Oxford, Campion Hall ( email )

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Oxford, OX1 3QZ
United Kingdom

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Hock Tan

Edinburgh Napier University ( email )

Edinburgh, EH10 5LG
United States

Mike Sanderson

Edinburgh Napier University

Edinburgh, EH10 5LG
United States

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