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100	1		_aHANSEN, Morten T _94583
245	1	0	_aThe search transfer problem : _bthe role of weak ties in sharing knowledge across organization subunits
260			_aIthaca : _bJohnson Graduate School of Management, _cMarch 1999
520	3		_aThis paper combines the concept of weak ties from social network research and the notion of complex knowlege to explain the role of weak ties in sharing knowledge across organization subunits in a multiunit organization. I use a network study of 12 new-product development projects undertaken by 41 divisions in a large electronics company to examine the task of developing new products in the least amount of time. Findings show that weak interunit ties help a project team search for usefull knowledge in other subunits but impede the transfer of complex knowledge, which tends to require a strong ties between the two parties to a transfer. Having weak interunit ties speeds up projects when knoledge is not complex but slows them down when the knowlege to be transferredis highly complex. I discuss the implications of these findings for research on social networks and product innovation
773	0	8	_tAdministrative Science Quarterly _g44, 1, p. 82-111 _dIthaca : Johnson Graduate School of Management, March 1999 _xISSN 00018392 _w
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998			_a20030123 _bCassio _cCassio
998			_a20101027 _b1627^b _cCarolina
999			_aConvertido do Formato PHL _bPHL2MARC21 1.1 _c10579 _d10579
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