Knowledge Transfer in Multi-organizational Networks: Influence of Causal and Outcome Ambiguities
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Organizations join multi-organizational networks, in part, to increase their access to both new and existing knowledge. This paper investigates the two knowledge transfer ambiguities in multi-organizational networks. Empirical results from two multi-organizational networks demonstrate that the influence of these two ambiguities varied based upon the network type in question. Specifically, causal ambiguity (well established in intra-organizational context) was found to be less relevant in a multi-organizational network, while outcome ambiguity was found to be highly relevant.
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