In knowledge-based economy, knowledge has a public good and non-rivalry nature. Firms build their own knowledge stock not only by means of internal R&D and collaboration with partners, but also by means of previously spilled over knowledge of other firms and public research laboratories (such as universities). Firms based on their absorptive capacity, and level of intra-industry and extra-indus...

A significant number of empirical studies have reported contrasting results regarding the effects certain internal organizational factors (Leadership Style - Team competency and Skills Effective Communication) on construction performance. As a result, generalizations remain sketchy, better understanding is needed. This study lends voice to literature's debate by introducing part played institut...

Drawing on a social network perspective of organizational coordination, this paper investigates the effectiveness of coordination mechanisms on knowledge sharing in intraorganizational networks that consist of both collaborative and competitive ties among organizational units. Internal knowledge sharing within a multiunit organization requires formal hierarchical structure and informal lateral ...

We present an agent-oriented approach to the conceptual modeling of organizations and organizational information systems, called Agent-ObjectRelationship (AOR) modeling, where an entity is either an agent, an event, an action, a claim, a commitment, or an ordinary object, and where special relationships between agents and events, actions, claims and commitments supplement the fundamental associ...

Investment in information technology (IT) infrastructure has in recent years become a strategic organizational choice. Yet, there exists little understanding of the organizational factors that determine IT infrastructure capabilities and investment requirements. Using a filed survey of both business and IT executives, this study tests a research model that links a set of organizational factors ...

A significant body of academic work has explored the ways in which hybrid organizations seek to secure external legitimacy. However, there is a more limited understanding organizational units acquire internal legitimacy – conferred by stakeholders. This study draws on than century communications Dutch cooperative bank uncover how major unit enacted distinct discursive strategies The paper exten...