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The Knowledge Leveraging Paradox: How to Scale Up Without Making Knowledge Imitable


Russell Wayne Coff


University of Wisconsin - Madison - School of Business

David Coff


affiliation not provided to SSRN

Roger Eastvold


affiliation not provided to SSRN
2006

Academy of Management Review (31), 452-465, 2006

Abstract:     
Tacit knowledge, one of the most promising resources, is among the toughest to leverage. It is important because it is often inimitable. However, increasing its scale may require codification, which may make it imitable. We explore and illustrate an approach to applying information technologies to leverage scarce expertise without codifying or transferring knowledge. Such technology may allow individuals to further specialize and generate more tacit knowledge, preserving the strategic properties of knowledge while scaling up.

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Date posted: July 26, 2012  

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Coff, Russell Wayne, Coff, David and Eastvold, Roger, The Knowledge Leveraging Paradox: How to Scale Up Without Making Knowledge Imitable (2006). Academy of Management Review (31), 452-465, 2006. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2117951

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Russell Wayne Coff (Contact Author)
University of Wisconsin - Madison - School of Business ( email )
975 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706
United States
David Coff
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Roger Eastvold
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