The Learning Economy and the Economics of Hope

Lundvall, Bengt‐Åke

doi:10.26530/oapen_626406

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“…Perhaps the specifics of project management, which before going to work requires precisely defined goals, tools, risk register and methods, does not allow much space for tacit knowledge sharing and that is why the assumptions are wrong. What's more, it's claimed that tacit knowledge is generally difficult to measure [70]. On the other hand, perhaps it is the tacit knowledge itself that justifies such subtle impact on project performance as presented in our study.…”

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confidence: 76%

Tacit Knowledge Sharing and Project Performance. Does the Knowledge Workers' Personal Branding Matter?

Kucharska¹

2017

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Tacit knowledge sharing is the real challenge for knowledge management today. Network economy has completely changed the role of knowledge workers who now become independent tacit knowledge producers. Bearing this fact in mind, the author studied how tacit knowledge sharing affects the process of building a personal brand and project performance. For this purpose, the authors conducted a study among Polish professionals with different roles and experience in managing projects in various industries. The data collected during the study has been analysed using the equal structural modelling method. The results indicate that tacit knowledge sharing is used when developing a personal brand of knowledge workers who take care about the personal reputation. The intermediary role of personal branding in the relationship of tacit knowledge sharing and project performance points to a new context of tacit knowledge sharing as a key factor of knowledge management in learning organisations, which can be used for designing incentive schemes. Tacit Knowledge Sharing is also presented as a very sensitive and specific variable interesting for further research.

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confidence: 76%

Tacit Knowledge Sharing and Project Performance. Does the Knowledge Workers' Personal Branding Matter?

Kucharska¹

2017

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“…The central aim of most research on IS has been to reveal how differences in configurations as well as interactive learning processes of the respective actors and institutions are responsible for particular (knowledge-based) economic outcomes [43,55,69]. Much of IS research has focused on analyzing how generic innovation capabilities can be strengthened [25,70].…”

Section: Innovation Systems: Merits and Limits In The Light Of Transfmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In summary, it can be said that research on IS enhances our understanding of conditions and actor configurations conducive to innovation [33, 51,69,88] but so far lacks an explicit debate about the normativity, i.e., desirability and goals of innovation processes [28,29,31]. Furthermore, most previous IS approaches that deal with sustainability appear to have neglected its complexity by focusing on solving (only) environmental problems with (only) technological innovations [28,96].…”

Section: Innovation Systems: Merits and Limits In The Light Of Transfmentioning

confidence: 99%

Innovation Systems for Transformations towards Sustainability? Taking the Normative Dimension Seriously

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Abstract:The aim of this article is to complement research on transformations towards sustainability by drawing upon the innovation systems (IS) framework. The IS framework already serves as a suitable and influential basis for research on processes of technological innovation and economic change. We argue that improving the capacity of an IS framework for dealing with wicked problems and the normative complexity of sustainability requires a fundamental paradigm shift because in the current IS paradigm innovations are considered as per se desirable and in mostly technological terms. Therefore, we call for IS dedicated to transformations towards sustainability by opening up for systemic innovations beyond the technological dimension and by acknowledging that stakeholders have conflicting visions, interests, norms, and expectations with regard to sustainability goals. Taking the normative dimension of transformations towards sustainability seriously thus requires more explicit and integrative research on directionality, legitimacy, responsibility, and their interrelation in IS. The article concludes by proposing suggestions for future research based on IS-related approaches that can serve as building blocks for an IS framework capable of incorporating legitimate goal-orientation for transformative innovation by and for society.

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“…According to Biggart and Lutzenhiser (2007), this is because social and cultural dimensions are not taken into account when making recommendations for SMEs. This can be seen when energy experts provide energy audit reports, for example, as such reports often do not take into account the research showing that technical change requires dialogue and/or conversation between different actors in addition to explicit information in order to work (Lundvall, 2017). In other words, SMEs do not make decisions regarding energy efficiency in a vacuum by themselves; their decisions are influenced by social relations and considerations from both internal and external actors.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In order to gain this type of knowledge, personal experience, practice, imitation, storytelling, and sharing of best practices and lessons learned are often required (Lave and Wenger, 1991;Terzieva, 2014). Therefore, organizational learning is strongly related to activity and interaction during an attempt to solve a problem from an organizational perspective (Lundvall, 2017;Alvarenga Neto, 2007;Lave and Wenger, 1991;Arrow, 1971). …”

Section: Knowledge and Informationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Energy efficiency in Swedish SMEs: Exploring barriers, knowledge creation and the role of municipal energy efficiency programs

Backman¹

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The overall aim of this thesis is to analyze how municipalities support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in their work to improve their energy efficiency. The purpose of this study is to increase the current understanding of how the methods and tools used by municipalities to assist SMEs in improving their energy efficiency influence the end results in terms of achieved energy efficiency, and how knowledge related to energy efficiency is created within SMEs. This thesis consists of two separate case studies that examine how two municipalities used a network approach to support SMEs in implementing energy efficient measures.The theoretical frameworks of policy networks, barriers, communities of practice (COPs), and energy efficiency networks were used in this thesis. The findings are presented in the appended four articles. An overall conclusion is that networks that provide information in the form of a report with technological solutions as the only output are less likely to reach the agreed-upon goals. To achieve a more successful result, SMEs must be active in the process; they must be allowed to create knowledge and understanding that they perceive as valuable and relevant for themselves. Another important result is that information is not automatically transformed by SMEs into knowledge. In fact, SMEs need a platform from which they can negotiate the received information and use it to create knowledge through practice and social interaction. Finally, it was found that the type of technological solution is not insignificant; the type of energy efficient measure to be implemented and its level of complexity affect how a municipality should support energy efficiency work among SMEs.

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The Learning Economy and the Economics of Hope

Cited by 252 publications

References 84 publications

Tacit Knowledge Sharing and Project Performance. Does the Knowledge Workers' Personal Branding Matter?

Tacit Knowledge Sharing and Project Performance. Does the Knowledge Workers' Personal Branding Matter?

Innovation Systems for Transformations towards Sustainability? Taking the Normative Dimension Seriously

Energy efficiency in Swedish SMEs: Exploring barriers, knowledge creation and the role of municipal energy efficiency programs

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