We share an interview on the past, present, and future of organizational learning research from the perspective of one of the field’s foundational contributors—Professor Linda Argote (Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University). This interview was held at the 2013 Strategic Management Society (SMS) annual conference in Atlanta, continuing the emerging tradition of bringing the SMS Knowledge and Innovation Group closer to the people who wrote important, foundational papers at the intersection of strategy, knowledge, and innovation.
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ArgoteL.DarrE. (2000). Repositories of knowledge in franchise organizations: Individual, structural and technological. In DosiG.NelsonR. R.WinterS. G. (Eds.), The nature and dynamics of organizational capabilities (pp. 51-68). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
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ArgoteL.EppleD. (1990). Learning curves in manufacturing. Science, 247, 920-924.
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ArgoteL.GoodmanP. S. (1986). The organizational implications of robotics. In DavisD. O. (Ed.), Implementing advanced technology (pp. 127-153). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
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ArgoteL.GoodmanP. S.SchkadeD. (1983). The human side of robotics: How worker’s react to a robot. In HusbandT. H. (Ed.), International trends in manufacturing technology (pp. 19-32). New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.
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ArgoteL.IngramP. (2000). Knowledge transfer: A basis for competitive advantage in firms. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 82, 150-169.
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ArgoteL.McEvilyB.ReagansR. (2003). Managing knowledge in organizations: An integrative framework and review of emerging themes. Management Science, 49, 571-582.
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BrownJ. S.DuguidP. (1991). Organizational learning and communities-of-practice: Toward a unified view of working, learning, and innovation. Organization Science, 2, 40-57.
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DarrE. D.ArgoteL.EppleD. (1995). The acquisition, transfer, and depreciation of knowledge in service organizations: Productivity in franchises. Management Science, 41, 1750-1762.
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EdmondsonA. C.BohmerR. M.PisanoG. P. (2001). Disrupted routines: Team learning and new technology implementation in hospitals. Administrative Science Quarterly, 46, 685-716.
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EppleD.ArgoteL.DevadasR. (1991). Organizational learning curves: A method for investigating intra-plant transfer of knowledge acquired through learning by doing. Organization Science, 2, 58-70.
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FiolC. M.LylesM. A. (1985). Organizational learning. Academy of Management Review, 10, 803-813.
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HendersonR. M.ClarkK. B. (1990). Architectural innovation: The reconfiguration of existing product technologies and the failure of established firms. Administrative Science Quarterly, 35(1), 9-30.
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HuberG. P. (1991). Organizational learning: The contributing processes and the literatures. Organization Science, 2, 88-115.
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KaneA. A.ArgoteL.LevineJ. M. (2005). Knowledge transfer between groups via personnel rotation: Effects of social identity and knowledge quality. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 96, 56-71.
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LevittB.MarchJ. G. (1988). Organizational learning. Annual Review of Sociology, 14, 319-340.
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LiangD. W.MorelandR.ArgoteL. (1995). Group versus individual training and group performance: The mediating role of transactive memory. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 384-393.
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MarchJ. G. (1991). Exploration and exploitation in organizational learning. Organization Science, 2, 71-87.
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ReagansR.ArgoteL.BrooksD. (2005). Individual experience and experience working together: Predicting learning rates from knowing who knows what and knowing how to work together. Management Science, 51, 869-881.
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RenY.CarleyK. M.ArgoteL. (2006). The contingent effects of transactive memory: When is it more beneficial to know what others know?Management Science, 52, 671-682.
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SimonH. A. (1991). Bounded rationality and organizational learning. Organization Science, 2, 125-134.
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WegnerD. M. (1986). Transactive memory: A contemporary analysis of the group mind. In MullenB.GoethalsG. R. (Eds.), Theories of group behavior (pp. 185-205). New York, NY: Springer-Verlag.
