Remembrance of Things Past? The Dynamics of Organizational Forgetting

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...

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Published in:Management science 2004-11, Vol.50 (11), p.1603-1613
Main Authors: Holan, Pablo Martin de, Phillips, Nelson
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Alliances
Business administration
Business studies
Case studies
Competitive advantage
Corporate strategies
Economics and Finance
Forgetting
Hotelkeepers
Humanities and Social Sciences
International alliances
Knowledge management
Learning
Management
Management science
Memory
Organization theory
Organizational culture
organizational forgetting
Organizational learning
Process management
Studies
unlearning
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Business administration
Business studies
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Competitive advantage
Corporate strategies
Economics and Finance
Forgetting
Hotelkeepers
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International alliances
Knowledge management
Learning
Management
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