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Research Projects: 004 Institutional Knowledge Aquisition & Transfer

Start Date: Jan 1, 2007
Funding: $20,000 (CIFE)
Stanford Graduate Fellowship
Oglesby Graduate Fellowship
People: Amy Javernick Will, Raymond Levitt, W.Richard Scott, C.B. Tatum
Purpose: The objective of this study is to understand how global development, construction and engineering firms involved in delivering infrastructure projects worldwide acquire, integrate and transfer institutional knowledge (knowledge about the local values, beliefs, work practices, organizations and regulatory institutions) throughout their organizations and supply chains.

30 Mar 2009: Company Report

Javernick-Will, Amy N. "Company Summary Report of findings from Amy Javernick-Will's Research regarding the Relative Importance, Acquisition, and Transfer of Institutional Knowledge for International Projects," 2009.

25 Mar 2009: Doctoral Dissertation

Javernick-Will, Amy N. "Mobilizing Institutional Knowledge for International Projects: The Relative Importance, Acquisition, and Transfer of Institutional Knowledge for International Firms". Doctoral dissertation, D#016, Stanford University, 2009.

24 Mar 2009: Working Papers 2009

Javernick-Will, Amy, and W. Richard Scott. "Who Needs to Know What?: Institutional Knowledge and International Projects." CRGP Working Paper #0045, 2009.

Javernick-Will, Amy. "Organizational Learning during Internationalization: Acquiring Local Institutional Knowledge." CRGP Working Paper #0046, 2009.

Javernick-Will, Amy, and Raymond Levitt. "Mobilizing Institutional Knowledge for International Projects." CRGP Working Paper #0047, 2009.

25 Dec 2008: Conference Papers 2008

Javernick-Will, Amy, Raymond E. Levitt, and W. Richard Scott. "Mobilizing Knowledge for International Projects." Proceedings of the 2008 ASCE LEED Conference, and Winner of the Best Paper Award, Lake Tahoe, California, October 16-19, 2008.

Javernick-Will, Amy, and Raymond E. Levitt. "Acquiring Local Knowledge for International Projects." Proceedings of the ASCE Construction Research Congress, Seattle, WA, April 5-7, 2009 (Accepted).

23 Oct 2008: PowerPoint Presentation for ASCE LEAD Conference, 2008

Javernick-Will, Amy, "Mobilizing Knowledge for Global Projects." PowerPoint Presentation, October, 2008. ASCE LEAD Conference, Stanford Sierra Campus, Lake Tahoe, CA.

15 Oct 2008: Working Paper

Javernick-Will, Amy. "The Institutionalization of Knowledge Management in an Engineering Organization." CRGP Working Paper #0040, 2008.

7 Oct 2008: Powerpoint presentation

Javernick Will, Amy, "Modes of organizational learning by global infra providers." PowerPoint Presentation, September, 2008. Stanford University, CA.

13 May 2008: Working Paper

Javernick Will, Amy and Raymond E. Levitt."Mobilizing Knowledge for International Projects" CRGP Working Paper #0037, 2008.

22 Apr 2008: Update on research!

Levitt, Ray, Amy Javernick Will, "Understanding Knowledge Acquisition and Transfer in Global Firms engaged in Global Infrastructure Projects." PowerPoint Presentation, April, 2008. Stanford University, CA.

6 Feb 2008: Latest update on research

Javernick Will, Amy, "Understanding Knowledge Acquisition and Transfer in Global Firms engaged in Global Infrastructure Projects ." PowerPoint Presentation, November, 2007. Stanford University, CA.

28 Jun 2007: Understanding Knowledge Acquisition, Integration and Transfer by Global Development, Engineering and Construction Firms

  • View the Working Paper.
  • View the Seed Proposal Submitted to CIFE
  • View the Seed Proposal Presentation (Notes Pages) presented to CIFE