... and magnitude, the evolving competitive environment and relationships in the environment place the acquisition, storage and transfer of knowledge in a distinctively new position than that found in lesser environmental situations. Stable environments, on the other hand do not present dynamic pressures...

... on firm performance under different environmental conditions is lacking. Contingency theory has long argued that, to remain viable, organizations in uncertain environments will adapt their knowledge‐generating and application abilities to the changing contingencies in the environment (Terreberry, 1968...