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Fredrik Sunnemark; Wilma Lundqvist Westin; Tamy Al Saad; Per Assmo – Learning Organization, 2024
Purpose: This study aims to explore barriers and facilitators for knowledge transfer and learning processes by examining a cross-departmental collaborative project in the municipal organization. It is based on a R&D collaboration between University West and a Swedish municipality. Design/methodology/approach: To explore the barriers and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Organizational Learning, Municipalities, Technology Transfer
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Kunttu, Leena; Neuvo, Yrjö – Learning Organization, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the tension between learning and protection in university-industry relationships (UIRs) and, in particular, to identify practices that facilitate ways of coping with this tension. Design/methodology/approach: The empirical work for the study is based on a qualitative comparative case analysis of six…
Descriptors: School Business Relationship, Universities, Industry, Technology
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Veer Ramjeawon, Poonam; Rowley, Jennifer – Learning Organization, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to contribute to research on knowledge management in higher education institutions (HEIs), by studying the enablers and barriers to knowledge management in a country with a developing higher education sector, Mauritius. Design/methodology/approach: Semi-structured interviews were conducted with senior staff in…
Descriptors: Knowledge Management, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Barriers
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Martins, Jorge Tiago – Learning Organization, 2016
Purpose: Focusing on the specific context of two European old industrial regions--South Yorkshire (UK) and North Region of Portugal--this paper aims to identify and conceptualise a set of relational capabilities that business leaders perceive to play a key role in industrial rejuvenation. Design/Methodology/Approach: A qualitative research design…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Geographic Regions, Industry, School Business Relationship
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Massey, Claire; Hurley, Evelyn – Learning Organization, 2001
A strategy for improving learning and competitiveness in the New Zealand dairy industry examined barriers to farmers' learning and adopted action research with a group of women farmers. This form of participant involvement appeared to facilitate individual learning and technology transfer. (Contains 30 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Action Research, Farmers, Foreign Countries, Learning Processes