Remembrance of Things Past? The Dynamics of Organizational Forgetting Export

@article{citeulike:5983552, abstract = {How organizations create, transfer, and retain knowledge has been the focus of intensive investigation by management researchers. However, one aspect of the dynamics of knowledge--organizational forgetting--has received comparatively little attention. In this paper, we draw on an exploratory, multiple-case study of learning in international strategic alliances to explore how and why organizations forget. Based on our case study, we develop a theory of organizational forgetting, discuss the role of forgetting in the dynamics of organizational knowledge, and present a typology of types of organizational forgetting. 10.1287/mnsc.1040.0273}, author = {Holan, Pablo M. and Phillips, Nelson}, citeulike-article-id = {5983552}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1040.0273}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/50/11/1603.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://mansci.journal.informs.org/content/50/11/1603.full.pdf}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1287/mnsc.1040.0273}, journal = {MANAGEMENT SCIENCE}, keywords = {dynamics, forgetting, organizational, past, remembrance, things}, month = {November}, number = {11}, pages = {1603--1613}, posted-at = {2009-10-22 05:08:29}, priority = {3}, title = {Remembrance of Things Past? The Dynamics of Organizational Forgetting}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1040.0273}, volume = {50}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5983552 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5983552 N2 - How organizations create, transfer, and retain knowledge has been the focus of intensive investigation by management researchers. However, one aspect of the dynamics of knowledge--organizational forgetting--has received comparatively little attention. In this paper, we draw on an exploratory, multiple-case study of learning in international strategic alliances to explore how and why organizations forget. Based on our case study, we develop a theory of organizational forgetting, discuss the role of forgetting in the dynamics of organizational knowledge, and present a typology of types of organizational forgetting. 10.1287/mnsc.1040.0273 IS - 11 JF - MANAGEMENT SCIENCE EP - 1613 TI - Remembrance of Things Past? The Dynamics of Organizational Forgetting VL - 50 SP - 1603 KW - dynamics KW - forgetting KW - organizational KW - past KW - remembrance KW - things AU - Holan, Pablo AU - Phillips, Nelson PY - 2004/11/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1040.0273 ER -