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Creating Competitive Advantage in Scottish Family Businesses: Managing, Sharing and Transferring the Knowledge

Creating Competitive Advantage in Scottish Family Businesses: Managing, Sharing and Transferring the Knowledge

Claire Seaman, Stuart Graham
Copyright: © 2010 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781605667904|ISBN10: 1605667900|EISBN13: 9781605667911
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-790-4.ch011
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Seaman, Claire, and Stuart Graham. "Creating Competitive Advantage in Scottish Family Businesses: Managing, Sharing and Transferring the Knowledge." Cultural Implications of Knowledge Sharing, Management and Transfer: Identifying Competitive Advantage, edited by Deogratias Harorimana, IGI Global, 2010, pp. 230-251. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-790-4.ch011

APA

Seaman, C. & Graham, S. (2010). Creating Competitive Advantage in Scottish Family Businesses: Managing, Sharing and Transferring the Knowledge. In D. Harorimana (Ed.), Cultural Implications of Knowledge Sharing, Management and Transfer: Identifying Competitive Advantage (pp. 230-251). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-790-4.ch011

Chicago

Seaman, Claire, and Stuart Graham. "Creating Competitive Advantage in Scottish Family Businesses: Managing, Sharing and Transferring the Knowledge." In Cultural Implications of Knowledge Sharing, Management and Transfer: Identifying Competitive Advantage, edited by Deogratias Harorimana, 230-251. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-790-4.ch011

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Abstract

This chapter seeks to consider both the role that knowledge transfer may have in family businesses and the different manners in which knowledge transfer may take place within this diverse environment. The economic, social and community importance of family businesses within Scotland is considered, alongside the different manner in which family businesses commonly operate and the implications for knowledge transfer. The importance of knowledge transfer in the creation of competitive advantage within a family business environment and the relatively limited nature of research in this area are explored, highlighting the need for further research both to support the on-going development of a strategy for family businesses in Scotland and to facilitate future development of high quality knowledge transfer. Key to all of this, however, is an increased understanding of what is meant by knowledge transfer and the breadth of ways in which it happens.

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