A Translation Theory of Knowledge Transfer: Learning Across Organizational Borders

By Kjell Arne Røvik and Prof Kjell Arne Røvik

In A Translation Theory of Knowledge Transfer, Kjell Arne R vik develops a new theory on the challenges of transferring and sharing knowledge across organizational borders. Based on extensive research, he proposes a new, reframing idea of knowledge transfer as acts of translation, resembling the translation of texts. This new concept both extends and challenges established theories of knowledge transfer.

Containing a comprehensive review of the last 40 years of research on knowledge transfer across organizational borders, this book also offers a step-by-step account of how a new theory within organizational research has been developed. R vik states that the capacity of an organization to transfer and exploit knowledge from other organizations is a key to its competitiveness, progress, and even survival, and convincingly argues how this new translation theory can be used to guide practitioners involved in knowledge transfer processes.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198832362
• ISBN13: 9780198832362
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 8.7"