Abstract

CASTRO, José Márcio de; GUIMARAES, Liliane de Oliveira  and  DINIZ, Daniela Martins. The role of the relational context factors in the technological knowledge transfer: a case study of a public sector agribusiness research organization. TMStudies [online]. 2013, vol.9, n.2, pp.130-135. ISSN 2182-8458.

During the past two decades, knowledge transfer has been acknowledged because of its relevance for innovation and competitiveness of firms. Although there have been enormous advances in the research on this topic, the literature has, to a certain degree, adopted a single dimensional perspective and, as a result, has neglected the complexity of this process by frequently considering it as an event of knowledge transfer. Based on a critical literature review, this article aims to understand and analyze the role of relational context factors in the process of inter-firm knowledge transfer. To do so, we constructed a single qualitative case of a public sector agribusiness research organization. The results show that the relational context factors, in particular the quality of the relationship and the cultural distance, exert a significant influence upon the process of inter-firm knowledge transfer. In the case presented here, this influence is suggested to be negative.

Keywords : Inter-firm knowledge transfer; quality of relationship; cultural distance; innovation and agribusiness.

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