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Knowledge Diffusion

Knowledge Diffusion is a process within the broader category of knowledge dissemination that specifically involves the spread of knowledge across individuals, groups, or organizations through social networks and communication channels, distinguished by its emphasis on the unplanned, emergent, and non-hierarchical propagation of knowledge.

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Maximizing the spread of influence through a social network

David Kempe, Jon Kleinberg, Éva Tardos · 2003 · 7.3K citations

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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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Creating and managing a high-performance knowledge-sharing network: the Toyota case

Jeffrey H. Dyer, Kentaro Nobeoka · Strategic Management Journal · 2000 · 3.6K citations · Full text

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Knowledge and the Flow of Information.

William P. Alston, Fred Dretske · The Philosophical Review · 1983 · 3.3K citations

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Diffusion in Organizations and Social Movements: From Hybrid Corn to Poison Pills

David Strang, Sarah A. Soule · Annual Review of Sociology · 1998 · 1.7K citations

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  1. MQ
    Mohammed Quaddus

    Curtin University, Australia

    7 publications · 353 citations

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  2. JL
    Jian-Guo Liu

    University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China

    7 publications · 530 citations

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  3. HC
    Hsinchun Chen

    University of Arizona, United States

    7 publications · 232 citations

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  4. JX
    Jun Xu

    Renmin University of China, China

    7 publications · 353 citations

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  5. FM
    Fritz Machlup

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    6 publications · 2.8K citations

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  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    17 h-index

    34 publications

    3.4K citations

  2. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    17 h-index

    27 publications

    3.4K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    16 h-index

    38 publications

    3.4K citations

  4. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    14 h-index

    25 publications

    6.7K citations

  5. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    14 h-index

    30 publications

    30.8K citations

  6. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    13 h-index

    18 publications

    4.6K citations

  7. City University of Hong Kong

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    13 h-index

    21 publications

    1.4K citations

  8. University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

    Chengdu, China

    13 h-index

    32 publications

    1.4K citations

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  1. Research Policy

    33 publications · 5.4K citations

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  3. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 43 publications · 1.5K citations

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  4. Journal of Knowledge Management

    25 publications · 1.2K citations

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  5. Scientometrics

    26 publications · 842 citations

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