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Informal Knowledge Networks

Informal Knowledge Networks is a social structure of interpersonal interactions and unstructured communication channels among individuals and organizations that facilitates the unintentional transfer and diffusion of tacit or implicit knowledge outside formal institutional or organizational boundaries.

173

Publications

13.7K

Citations

409

Authors

235

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

43

Parents

Publications

173

Network Structure and Knowledge Transfer: The Effects of Cohesion and Range

Ray Reagans, Bill McEvily · Administrative Science Quarterly · 2003 · 3.6K citations

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Making Invisible Work Visible: Using Social Network Analysis to Support Strategic Collaboration

Rob Cross, Stephen P. Borgatti, Andrew Parker · California Management Review · 2002 · 911 citations

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Nurturing interpersonal trust in knowledge-sharing networks

Lisa C. Abrams, Rob Cross, Eric Lesser et al. · Academy of Management Perspectives · 2003 · 692 citations

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Knowledge flows through informal contacts in industrial clusters: myth or reality?

Michael S. Dahl, Christian Ø. R. Pedersen · Research Policy · 2004 · 435 citations · Full text

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The Entrepreneurship Process in Base of the Pyramid Markets: The Case of Multinational Enterprise/Nongovernment Organization Alliances

Justin W. Webb, Geoffrey M. Kistruck, R. Duane Ireland et al. · Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice · 2009 · 430 citations

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Authors

409

  1. MD
    Maarten de Laat

    Open University of the Netherlands, Netherlands

    3 publications · 120 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. AM
    Andrea Morrison

    Bocconi University, Italy

    3 publications · 262 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. RC
    Rob Cross

    University of Virginia, United States

    3 publications · 1.8K citations

    3

    h-index

  4. NE
    Niclas Erhardt

    University of Maine, United States

    2 publications · 92 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. HG
    Hans Georg Gemünden

    Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

    2 publications · 79 citations

    2

    h-index

1–5 of 409

Institutions

235

  1. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    577 citations

  2. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    139 citations

  3. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    162 citations

  4. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    3.6K citations

  5. Michigan State University

    East Lansing, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    280 citations

  6. Open University of the Netherlands

    Heerlen, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    222 citations

  7. University of British Columbia

    Vancouver, Canada

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    136 citations

  8. Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

    Nomi Shi, Japan

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    41 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Knowledge Management

    7 publications · 503 citations

    7

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  2. Research Policy

    6 publications · 1.2K citations

    6

    h-index

  3. R and D Management

    4 publications · 439 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 4 publications · 113 citations

    4

    h-index

  5. Sustainability

    3 publications · 74 citations

    3

    h-index

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