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The paper is concerned with the capability of organizations to resolve the innovation/efficiency dilemma through expert intervention (Hall, 1984) and treats the wider societal diffusion of knowledges, including their definition as the context (Clark and Starkey, 1988; Clark and Staunton, 1989). The paper reviews the concept of social science intervention presented at the First Symposium and suggests a focus for this anniversary reflection.
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Clark, P. (1989). Firm Specific Knowledges: Their Critical Scrutiny. In: Jackson, M.C., Keys, P., Cropper, S.A. (eds) Operational Research and the Social Sciences. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0789-1_42
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