Abstract: Bridging a significant gap in knowledge broker research, this study addresses the challenges and difficulties in demystifying the roles and components of Knowledge Brokers (KBs) within the management consulting context. Despite their recognized importance, the specific functions, and components of KBs in this specific sector context, known for its intensive use of knowledge,
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Types of Knowledge Brokers: An Integrative Framework
Abstract: The goal of the present paper is to advance the comprehension of knowledge brokerage by integrating various streams of research into an integrated conceptual framework. We identify and build upon two main streams of literature: the first views knowledge brokers primarily as facilitators of knowledge transfer, and the second considers knowledge brokers as
Foreign knowledge brokers’ ethics
Abstract: This paper presents a conceptual and empirical framework to analyse international knowledge brokerage from an ethical perspective through political and corporate incentives on foreign employment. Exploiting nonlinear regressions on a global dataset covering bilateral jobs created by Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) between 161 countries during a seven year period, we find empirical evidence
Institutional Researchers as Knowledge Managers
Abstract: Using concepts from Davenport and Prusak’s “Working Knowledge” and other recent research on knowledge management, this article discusses the processes through which institutional knowledge is created, managed and transferred throughout the university and ways in which institutional researchers can improve these processes. A special emphasis is placed on the need to strengthen the