... sharing and knowledge protection, which are often seen as conflicting yet complementary processes (Gast et al., 2019 ; Dzenopoljac et al., 2024). This simultaneous engagement enables firms to foster collaboration without compromising their proprietary knowledge, enhancing innovation...

... synergies or conflicts between firm’s pursuits to learn and renew, but also protect its knowledge base. Existing literature has provided mixed implications in this regard. On the one hand, creativity and learning might suffer under the influence of strict knowledge protection; creative behavior by nature...

... strengthen the effect of four specific knowledge transfer mechanisms – an experimental culture, minimal structures, the practice of storytelling and shared mental models – on knowledge transfer inside the organization and knowledge protection outside of it. Design/methodology/approach The paper builds...

...Markus Manhart; Stefan Thalmann Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate pertinent knowledge protection literature. At the same time, however, knowledge protection is often a neglected or underdeveloped area. This is all the more concerning as knowledge protection plays an essential...