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Especially innovation processes require in-depth knowledge and thus depend on the quality of knowledge transfer within these processes. Accomplishing a case study, the influencing variables and the occurrence of knowledge barriers in innovation projects of the German Armed Forces are analyzed with a special focus on cross-organisational and cross-functional knowledge transfer. Based on a conceptual study on the incidence of knowledge barriers in project work, data on knowledge barriers in seven departments of the German Armed Forces are gathered to empirically test the impact of theoretically derived influencing variables. The objective of the case study is a) to give statements about occurrence and characteristics of knowledge barriers in innovative and knowledge-intense domains and b) to deduce possible approaches to prevent knowledge barriers by identifying relevant influencing variables.
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Fiechter, C.A., Kuderna, C., Kern, EM. (2010). Occurrence and Influencing Variables of Knowledge Barriers in Knowledge-Intense Domains. In: Howlett, R.J. (eds) Innovation through Knowledge Transfer. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14594-0_21
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