<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This article elaborates the authors’ method for tacit knowledge acquisition focused on a research and development department in a manufacturing company. It presents a case study of the use of concepts for tacit knowledge acquisition and is based on a survey and data obtained from 85 Polish and German Manufacturing Companies from the cross-border cooperation region of Lubuskie/Poland – Brandenburg/Germany. This article develops a framework of tacit knowledge acquisition in a manufacturing company and further discusses the research results.</p></abstract>

This article elaborates the authors’ method for tacit knowledge acquisition focused on a research and development department in a manufacturing company. It presents a case study of the use of concepts for tacit knowledge acquisition and is based on a survey and data obtained from 85 Polish and German Manufacturing Companies from the cross-border cooperation region of Lubuskie/Poland – Brandenburg/Germany. This article develops a framework of tacit knowledge acquisition in a manufacturing company and further discusses the research results.

The Role of Knowledge Acquisition in a Company – Research Results from German and Polish Manufacturing Companies

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This article elaborates the authors’ method for tacit knowledge acquisition focused on a research and development department in a manufacturing company. It...

The Role of Knowledge Acquisition in a Company – Research Results from German and Polish Manufacturing Companies

Published Online: Mar 22, 2017

Page range: 87 - 98

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fman-2017-0007

Keywords
tacit knowledge, knowledge acquisition, research and development department, manufacturing company

© Faculty of Management, Warsaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

The Role of Knowledge Acquisition in a Company – Research Results from German and Polish Manufacturing Companies

Published Online: Mar 22, 2017

Page range: 87 - 98

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fman-2017-0007

Keywordstacit knowledge, knowledge acquisition, research and development department, manufacturing company

© Faculty of Management, Warsaw University of Technology

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
tacit knowledge, knowledge acquisition, research and development department, manufacturing company