Information and Management
The Antecedents and Performance Implications of Cooperative Exchange Norms
Organization Science
Organizational Boundaries and Theories of Organization
Organization Science
The Antecedents and Performance Implications of Cooperative Exchange Norms
Organization Science
Evaluating leadership, IT quality, and net benefits in an e-government environment
Information and Management
Relative capacity: Retaining knowledge outside a firm's boundaries
Journal of Engineering and Technology Management
Managerial Entrenchment with Strategic Information Technology: A Dynamic Perspective
Journal of Management Information Systems
Impact of Knowledge Support on the Performance of Software Process Tailoring
Journal of Management Information Systems
Antecedents of IS Strategic Alignment: A Nomological Network
Information Systems Research
Weighting Structures: Evolutionary Dynamics of Innovation Networks in Virtual Communities
OCSC '09 Proceedings of the 3d International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing: Held as Part of HCI International 2009
Absorptive and disseminative capacity: Knowledge transfer in intra-organization networks
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Information Sciences: an International Journal
Disseminative capacity, organizational structure and knowledge transfer
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Large Emergency-Response Exercises: Qualitative Characteristics - A Survey
Simulation and Gaming
Perspective---The Interdependence of Private and Public Interests
Organization Science
Information and Management
Control in Internal and Outsourced Software Projects
Journal of Management Information Systems
Marginality and Problem-Solving Effectiveness in Broadcast Search
Organization Science
Potential of organizational memory for creating service performance: A cross-level analysis
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
Journal of Engineering and Technology Management
Knowing what knowledge to share: Collaboration for community, research and wildlife
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
International Journal of Information Management: The Journal for Information Professionals
How Do Product Users Influence Corporate Invention?
Organization Science
How does social software change knowledge management? Toward a strategic research agenda
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Organizational Economics of Capability and Heterogeneity
Organization Science
Capabilities, Transaction Costs, and Firm Boundaries
Organization Science
Dealing with Complexity: Integrated vs. Chunky Search Processes
Organization Science
Supply Portfolio Concentration in Outsourced Knowledge-Based Services
Organization Science
International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics
Novelty-Knowledge Alignment: A Theory of Design Convergence in Systems Development
Journal of Management Information Systems
Exploring the effect of boundary objects on knowledge interaction
Decision Support Systems
Journal of Engineering and Technology Management
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In this paper we develop a knowledge-based theory of the firm. While existing knowledge-based theory focuses on the efficiency of hierarchy in economizing on knowledge exchange, we develop a theory of the firm that focuses on the efficiency of alternative organizational forms ingenerating knowledge or capability. Our theory begins with the problem as the basic unit of analysis, arguing that a problem's complexity influences the optimal method of solution search and the optimal means of organizing that search. The distinguishing feature that differentiates among organizational alternatives is the different way each resolves conflict over the selection of solution trials, that is, the way it chooses the path of search. Our theory predicts that efficiency demands that these governance alternatives be matched in a discriminating way to problems based on their associated benefits and costs in governing solution search. Thus, our theory is among the first to simultaneously treat both the boundary choice (i.e., internal versus external) and the choice among alternative internal approaches to organizing.