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Challenges to knowledge sharing across national and intra-organizational boundaries : Case studies of IKEA and SCA Packaging

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Summary, in English

The aim of this article is to increase the understanding of how institutional forces and organizational context, in parallel with cognitive issues, impact knowledge sharing within multinational corporations (MNCs). Furthermore, the aim is to elaborate on differences between industries by comparing and contrasting a retail firm with a manufacturing firm. The focus is on IKEA and SCA Packaging and their efforts to share knowledge across national and intra-organizational boundaries. Despite differences between these two MNCs, the case studies illustrate that the will to share and absorb knowledge is very much influenced by institutional forces, as well as by the ways in which organizations are structured and controlled.

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Pages

161-172

Publication/Series

Knowledge Management Research and Practice

Volume

5

Issue

3

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Topic

  • Business Administration

Keywords

  • Knowledge sharing
  • Knowledge transfer
  • Manufacturing
  • MNC
  • Retail

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1477-8246