Learning through grafting in ventures in new areas |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Ecology and Environmental Sciences (IEES-Paris), IRD, SU, CNRS, INRA, Paris Diderot, Paris Est Créteil, Bondy, France;2. Land Development Department, Regional Office 6, Chiang Mai, Thailand;3. School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada;1. Department of Health and Care Sciences, UiT, The arctic university of Norway, Tromsø, Norway;2. Centre for Women’s and Gender Research, UiT, The arctic university of Norway, Tromsø, Norway;1. INRA, Laboratoire d’étude des Interactions Sol-Agrosystème-Hydrosystème, UMR LISAH, 2 Place Viala, Montpellier, France;2. Centro de Investigaciones Agronómicas, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica;3. CIRAD, UMR System, 2 Place Viala, Montpellier, France;4. CATIE, Programa de Agroforestería y Agricultura Sostenible, Turrialba, Costa Rica;1. Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 2, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands;2. Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University, Burgemeester Oudlaan 50, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | Organizations can increase and change their knowledge base both through the learning of their members and through the acquisition of new members and the knowledge that they possess. This last, which Huber (1991, Organization Science, 2(1), 88–115) terms learning through grafting, is a very important vehicle for learning in Western firms. This article presents a model of learning in ventures in new areas, where grafting has been an important means. It is based on interviews with senior management involved in 13 major ventures intended to renew and reorientate mature firms, and on their view of the learning process. The article shows how the companies concerned acted to acquire new knowledge and to develop new competence, and the factors affecting their learning process. At the same time it represents one way of thinking about learning through grafting in new ventures. |
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