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on Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy |
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Issue of 2025–05–05
two papers chosen by Laura Nicola-Gavrila, Centrul European de Studii Manageriale în Administrarea Afacerilor |
| By: | Hoa Ho (LMU Munich); Maren Mickeler (ESSEC); SIlvia Castro (LMU Munich) |
| Abstract: | Organizations rely on peer-to-peer knowledge exchange among employees, yet incentivizing cooperative behaviors is a challenge. This study evaluates an intervention designed to encourage peer support in the largest bank in Uganda. Using a cluster randomized controlled trial, we introduced a public recognition incentive-awarding employees identified as the most supportive by their peers and supervisors. The intervention increases employees' willingness to help by 21% in expertise-sharing and 12% in mentoring. The incentive's effectiveness stems from its role in enhancing professional reputation and career prospects. A replication exercise in a second bank confirms the findings and the external validity of the results. |
| Keywords: | workplace cooperation; peer recognition; organizational incentives; knowledge sharing; field experiment; employee motivation; randomized controlled trial (RCT); |
| JEL: | M52 D23 J24 M54 C93 D83 |
| Date: | 2025–04–25 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:rco:dpaper:531 |
| By: | Hötte, Kerstin; Jee, Su Jung; Burrell, Robert; Ring, Caoimhe |
| Abstract: | In this paper, we review the literature from law and economics on the nexus between IPRs and climate technology transfer and innovation in developing countries to summarise the empirical knowledge that exists to date. To complement the insights from the literature, we conduct twenty semi-structured interviews with experts in developing countries. The analyses are structured along the three areas where climate technology and IP may play a role, that is (1) international technology transfer (ITT), (2) indigenous innovation, and (3) follow-on adaptive innovation. |
| Date: | 2023–08 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:amz:wpaper:2023-14 |