[...]... with knowledge generation and growth (Osterloh and Weibel), others relate to knowledge sharing (Husted and Michailova), a third cluster of chapters addresses both knowledge creation and sharing (Heiman et al., Grandori, Argote, and Kane), and a final group focuses on knowledge utilization (Christensen and Knudsen, Foss and Foss) Figure 1.1 positions the contributions along two dimensions: the type of knowledge. .. determinable at all and what role time plays in conducting a particular knowledge process and applying specific governance mechanisms and observing effects from it The relation between knowledge processes and governance issues is an under-researched area, both theoretically and empirically, in comparison with writings concerning the characteristics of knowledge, knowledge taxonomies, how knowledge may be... the intersection of knowledge (processes) and organization 1.1.3 The Knowledge Governance Approach The knowledge governance approach’ (Foss 2007; Foss et al 2003) which is highlighted in this book represents an emerging attempt to think systematically about the intersection of knowledge and organization ‘Governing knowledge processes means choosing governance structures (e.g., markets, hybrids, hierarchies)... Creation Sharing Utilization Knowledge process Figure 1.1 Knowledge processes and type of governance mechanisms 12 Knowledge governance: themes and questions formal governance mechanisms are employed to influence knowledge processes (Christensen and Knudsen) A third group of authors discuss mechanisms that spread between the poles of the formal–informal continuum For instance, Osterloh and Weibel’s chapter... the accumulation and deployment of resources, the boundaries of firms, and many other issues Underpinning this is a reconceptualization of the business firm as a knowledge- creating and -integrating entity 2 Knowledge governance: themes and questions (Drucker 1999; Grant 1996; Hedlund 1994; Nonaka 1994; Spender 1996c; Tsoukas 1996) The interest in knowledge assets, knowledge processes, and knowledge work... industry 6 Knowledge governance: themes and questions disciplines (Brusoni, Prencipe, and Pavitt 2001; Coombs and Metcalfe 2000; Granstrand, Patel, and Pavitt 1997; Matusik and Hill 1998) Firms need to build and maintain an increasing number of knowledge nodes’ with lead users, universities, technical service institutes, user communities (e.g., Brusoni, Prencipe, and Pavitt 2001; Coombs and Metcalfe... emerging knowledge governance approach: Challenges and characteristics,’ Organization 14: 29–52 and V Mahnke 2003 Knowledge management: What does organizational economics contribute?,’ in M Easterby-Smith and M A Lyles (eds.) Handbook of Knowledge Management Massachusetts, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing K Husted, S Michailova, and T Pedersen 2003 Governing Knowledge Processes: Theoretical Foundations and. .. individual level motivation and cognition? What combinations of governance mechanisms are best suited for promoting knowledge sharing, integration, and creation within and between firms? What are the organizational and exchange hazards of knowledge processes, and how does the deployment of governance mechanisms remedy such hazards? Knowledge governance scholars address these issues on the basis of explicit... ideas and insights from both approaches (Gerlach 1992; Lomi and Grandi 1997; Nohria and Garcia-Pont 1991) K nowledge management has become not only a huge body of research literature but also a widespread organizational practice (Easterby-Smith and Lyles 2003) It highlights the personal and contextual dimensions of knowledge and knowing (Blackler 2000; Brown and Duguid 1991; Cook and Brown 1999; Lave and. .. types, and dimensions of knowledge (Madhok and Liu 2006; Minbaeva 2007; Schulz 2003); (b) characteristics of actors involved in the knowledge processes (Fang et al 2007; Gupta and Govindarajan 2000; Kostova 1999; Schulz 2003; Szulanski, Cappetta, and Jensen 2004); (c) characteristics of the relationships between the actors involved in the knowledge processes (Hansen, Mors, and Løvås 2005; Jensen and Szulanski .