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dc.contributor.authorGertner, D.
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, J.
dc.contributor.authorCharles, David
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:43:20Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:43:20Z
dc.date.created2011-07-24T20:01:08Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationGertner, Drew and Roberts, Joanne and Charles, David. 2011. University-industry collaboration: a CoPs approach to KTPs. Journal of Knowledge Management 15 (4): pp. 625-647.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24497
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/13673271111151992
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The article seeks to explore the micro-dimensions of knowledge transfer partnerships (KTPs) with the aim of developing an appreciation of the personal interactions that facilitate the success of these university-industry collaborations. Emperical evidence concerning the operation of three KTPs, collected through interviews with the key partners and the review of relevant documentary material, is analysed through the lens of the communities of practice approach to situated learning.The analysis of three case studies provides evidence to support the value of conceptualising the process of knowledge transfer between universities and industry as one of learning taking place within communities in which the development of mutual engagement, joint enterprise and shared repertoires play important roles facilitating successful collaborations. Moreover, the analysis highlights the significance of the boundary spanning roles of the KTP partners in facilitating the knowledge transfer process through engagement in both the university and industry communities.By illuminating the dimensions of the inter-personal interactions involved in the knowledge transfer process the CoPs analysis provides the foundations for recommendations to improve university-industry KTPs, in particular, and inter-organisational knowledge transfer initiatives in general. A limitation of this research is required to verify the findings reported here.

dc.publisherEmerald Publishing Group
dc.subjectCommunities of practice
dc.subjectUniversity-industry collaboration
dc.subjectInformation transfer
dc.subjectBoundary spanning
dc.titleUniversity-industry collaboration: a CoPs approach to KTPs
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume15
dcterms.source.number4
dcterms.source.startPage625
dcterms.source.endPage647
dcterms.source.issn1367-3270
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Knowledge Management
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curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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