The problem and the solution. The growing interest developed around transfer of tacit knowledge and its effect on performance has not been matched by an equivalent effort to provide empirical evidence supporting these hypotheses This study of eight firms in Bogotá, Colombia focuses on the process of within-firm transfer of tacit knowledge and the seven dimensions of the learning organization as determinants of performance.
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