Information technology and interorganizational learning: An investigation of knowledge exploration and exploitation processes

In this paper, we study the impact of IT-enabled learning mechanisms and learning strategies on the long-term knowledge outcomes of a firm in an interorganizational setting. Consistent with prior research in this area, we use a computational simulation model to study four IT-enabled learning mechanisms: internal electronic communication networks, external communication networks, company knowledge repositories and portals, and interorganizational knowledge repositories and portals. We also explore the interactions between a firm’s internal and external learning strategies and these learning mechanisms under three different scenarios of partner size symmetry. 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 704 687 7628; fax: +1 704 687 6330. E-mail addresses: [email protected] (S. Park), [email protected] (A. Stylianou), [email protected] (C. Subramaniam), [email protected] (Y. Niu).