Informational Influence in Organizations: An Integrated Approach to Knowledge Adoption
Information Systems Research
Collaborative Activities in Virtual Settings: A Knowledge Management Perspective of Telemedicine
Journal of Management Information Systems
Price Mechanism for Knowledge Transfer: An Integrative Theory
Journal of Management Information Systems
Strategic Information Management Under Leakage in a Supply Chain
Management Science
Effects of Organizational Learning and Knowledge Transfer on Investment Decisions Under Uncertainty
Journal of Management Information Systems
Information Asymmetry in Information Systems Consulting: Toward a Theory of Relationship Constraints
Journal of Management Information Systems
ER'11 Proceedings of the 30th international conference on Conceptual modeling
Relationship bonding for a better knowledge transfer climate: An ERP implementation research
Decision Support Systems
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
The Impact of IT-Related Spillovers on Long-Run Productivity: An Empirical Analysis
Information Systems Research
Information Asymmetry in Information Systems Consulting: Toward a Theory of Relationship Constraints
Journal of Management Information Systems
Knowledge dilemmas within organizations: Resolutions from game theory
Knowledge-Based Systems
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The shift to more distributed forms of organizations and the prevalence of interorganizational relationships have led to an increase in the transfer of knowledge between parties with asymmetric and incomplete information about each other. Because of this asymmetry and incompleteness, parties seeking knowledge may not be able to identify qualified knowledge providers, and the appropriate experts may fail to be motivated to engage in knowledge transfer. We propose a sender-receiver framework for studying knowledge transfer under asymmetric and/or incomplete information. We outline four types of information structures for knowledge transfer, and focus on the sender-advantage asymmetric information structure and the symmetric incomplete information structure. We develop formal game-theoretical models, show how information incompleteness and asymmetry may negatively influence knowledge transfer, and propose solutions to alleviate these negative impacts. Implications for knowledge transfer research and practice are also discussed.