Reflections on the 2015 Decade Award-social Capital, Networks, and Knowledge Transfer: An Emergent Stream of Research

Andrew Inkpen, Eric W. K. Tsang

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Abstract

We reflect on our 2005 article, "Social Capital, Networks, and Knowledge Transfer," which received the Academy of Management Review Decade Award in 2015. We first discuss the origin of the idea for the paper and how it evolved during the rigorous review process. Then we identify the reasons for the article's high number of citations by scholars worldwide and trace the research advances that have occurred since it was published. We show that research on the three main concepts in the article has expanded to a wide range of fields, far beyond the management discipline. In particular, a stream of research building on the framework proposed in the article has emerged.

Original languageEnglish
JournalAcademy of Management Review
Volume41
Issue number4
Pages (from-to)573-588
Number of pages16
ISSN0363-7425
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2016
Externally publishedYes

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