Organizational knowledge actions and the evolution of knowledge environment: a micro-foundations perspective

This study proposes a new theoretical approach to conceptualizing the knowledge environment as a mosaic of knowledge components stemming from organizational knowledge actions. The pieces of this imaginary mosaic are the novel knowledge components incorporated in organizational knowledge actions and...

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Published inEvolutionary and institutional economics review Vol. 19; no. 2; pp. 611 - 624
Main Author Papazoglou, Michalis E.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tokyo Springer Japan 01.09.2022
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Economic theory
Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods
Economics
Economics and Finance
Entrepreneurship
History of Economic Thought/Methodology
Internet
Knowledge
Political Economy/Economic Systems
Social Policy
Social sciences
VSR
Social mechanisms
Knowledge environment
Organizational actions
L20
O30
B52
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Summary:This study proposes a new theoretical approach to conceptualizing the knowledge environment as a mosaic of knowledge components stemming from organizational knowledge actions. The pieces of this imaginary mosaic are the novel knowledge components incorporated in organizational knowledge actions and their sizes are determined by the extent of their influence on subsequent knowledge actions. I use the variation-selection-retention (VSR) and social mechanisms models to build my approach and I employ the patented knowledge environment as an exemplar. The deconstruction of the knowledge environment into its organization-level knowledge components embedded in organizational knowledge actions could provide scholars, managers, and policy-makers with a simple perspective to view the contribution of each organization to its knowledge environment.
ISSN:1349-4961
2188-2096
DOI:10.1007/s40844-022-00239-3