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Inter-project learning: processes and outcomes of knowledge codification in project-based firms
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posted on 2023-06-07, 20:25 authored by Andrea Prencipe, Fredrik TellIn this paper, we argue that the literature on knowledge codification has been overly concerned with the economic properties of its outcomes, neglecting the importance of its underlying learning processes. Following Zollo and Winter [Organisation Science, 2001, in press], the paper distinguishes three learning processes: experience accumulation, knowledge articulation and knowledge codification and suggests a framework to analyse the learning abilities of project-based firms. We propose that mechanisms for inter-project learning draw upon these learning processes and can be found at various levels of the project-based firm. Using empirical evidence from six case studies, we discern three empirical patterns, that we defined learning landscapes, of such mechanisms. Implications for the literature and practice of knowledge codification are discussed.
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- Published
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Research PolicyISSN
0048-7333Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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9Volume
30Page range
1373-1394Pages
22.0Department affiliated with
- SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications
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The way in which learning takes place in project-based firms, which usually recombine in new consortia with other such firms for each new project, has long stood as a challenge to understanding CoPS. The paper draws on a new framework for interpreting learning processes to propose mechanisms for inter-project learning. Three empirical patterns are distinguished as case studies. The paper is the result of work conducted in the CoPS Centre.Full text available
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