... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 National cultures Knowledge transfer Linguistics Africa The last decade Ubuntu has been introduced as a new management concept in the South African popular management literature (Lascaris and Lipkin, 1993 ; Mbigi and Maree, 1995). “Even...

...Gerhard Fink; Nigel Holden; Andrei Kuznetsov; Hanna Yakavenka Purpose To identify factors that impede the absorption of management knowledge imported into transition countries, using Belarus as a case, in order to increase efficiency of knowledge transfer. Design/methodology/approach...

... implications – The paper provides a model to guide managers and others in organizations through successful knowledge transfer and absorption efforts including training, development, selection and project planning. Originality/value – The paper integrates diverse and extensive literature on knowledge...

...N.K. Napier Purpose To offer a framework of structural and contextual influences on knowledge transfer of foreign management ideas to Vietnamese academic and managerial colleagues. It addresses four factors: stage of relationship between Vietnamese and foreign counterparts; participative...