Learning from Locally Embedded Knowledge: Facilitating Organizational Learning in Geographically Dispersed Settings

This article addresses the question of how geographically dispersed organizations can overcome the complications for organizational learning that result from the locally embedded character of knowledge. Based on a case study in an MNC , we identify a process of knowledge pollination, describing how a network of experts facilitates organizational learning by participating in various local practices, un‐embedding and re‐embedding knowledge between...