Micro-Foundation of Knowledge Creation Theory: Development of a Conceptual Framework Theory

Knowledge, unlike commodities, is touted to grant sustainable competitive advantage by its tacitness, inimitability, and immobility. Yet, knowledge creation theory took off on a wrong footing, on the typological conversion model, and on the assumption that organization is a living organism. We posit that conversion of one knowledge typology to another cannot and should not be the basis of knowledge creation theory. Moreover, the organismic...