A Translation Theory of Knowledge Transfer

Kjell Arne Røvik is Professor of Organization Theory at the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø. His main research interest involves studies of knowledge transfer across organizational borders, institutional change, and the creation, spread and implementation of organizational practices and ideas. He is also dedicated to questions of theory development in management and organization research. He has published numerous books and articles on these subjects.

• 1: Knowledge Transfer and the Quest for the X-factorThe State of the Art2: What We Do and Do Not Know - Knowledge Transfer Schools and their InsightsIn Search of a New Theory3: Antecedents of a Translation Theory of Knowledge TransferThe Theory4: Reframing Knowledge Transfer as Acts of Translations5: Revealing the Rules of Knowledge Translation6: Reimagining that Translators and Translations Make a DifferenceImplications for Knowledge Transfer Practices7: Translation Competence

A Translation Theory of Knowledge Transfer is a real tour de force through the knowledge transfer field. The book masterfully surveys decades of research and provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of this field of study. Professor Røvik deftly shows the limits of the prevailing ways of thinking about knowledge transfer, and he offers an alternative in the metaphor and theory of translation. A must read for anyone with an interest in knowledge transfer.