Case study of organizational structure transfer between enterprisesfrom the perspective of knowledge transfer

Abstract

Abstract: The organizational structure transfer is the key to the organizational innovation and the industrial upgrading. The paper summarizes the paths and rules in organizational structure transfer between enterprises by analyzing the two changes of organization structure of Tencent and its development history and the following conclusions are obtained: the organizational structure transfer is generally conducted first in the same industry, transferred from the benchmarking enterprises with leading innovation capabilities to other enterprises, and the paths of the organizational structure transfer have some rules but no boundary, so transfers may be conducted between different industries and different types of enterprises.

Key words: knowledge transfer, organizational structure transfer, organizational change

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Yang Shixin. Case study of organizational structure transfer between enterprisesfrom the perspective of knowledge transfer[J]. Science Research Management, 2013, 34(11): 78-86.

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