Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/205789 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Citation: 
[Journal:] European Research on Management and Business Economics (ERMBE) [ISSN:] 2444-8834 [Volume:] 25 [Issue:] 2 [Publisher:] Elsevier [Place:] Amsterdam [Year:] 2019 [Pages:] 48-53
Publisher: 
Elsevier, Amsterdam
Abstract: 
This paper seeks to develop a theoretical model to explain the role of knowledge integration and knowledge options in the case of external knowledge acquisition via employee training. It considers types of knowledge acquired through specific or general training and heterogeneous or homogeneous production processes at companies. It also considers the possibility of opportunistic behaviour by trained employees. We propose key conditions that companies should consider when they acquire external knowledge by means of training. Insights are given into the process of and success conditions for dynamic value creation due to the adoption and the internal sharing of knowledge. Even at this early stage our theoretical model provides guidelines for decision-makers as to how to improve investments in training issues. The model leads to several propositions and provides a starting point for developing hypotheses that can be contrasted empirically in further research.
Subjects: 
Employee training
Knowledge integration
Knowledge options
JEL: 
M53
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Document Type: 
Article

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