The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical review of the current body of research on inter-organizational knowledge transfer, indicating some of its limitations and openings for future studies. It maps research in an integrative framework of knowledge-specific, organizational and network-level antecedents and performance outcomes of transfer. When assuming that transfer of knowledge …
The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of knowledge-specific, organizational and inter-organizational antecedents of transfer in business acquisitions. A study gives special attention to the intrinsic nature of knowledge, absorptive capacity of the acquirer and acquiree, and inter-firm relationships as key antecedents of transfer.