Abstract
The research on knowledge transfer (KT) has attracted much attention from the researcher and academicians from the last decade. Bibliometric and visualization research on this topic is insufficient. This study aims to analyze the leading trends in the literature of KT and provide a holistic view. Data for this analysis is extracted from the Scopus database. VOSviewer software is used to map different bibliometric indicators such as bibliographic coupling and co-occurrence. This study identifies the most productive countries, authors, journals, and the most prolific publications in knowledge transfer research during 2010-2019. Moreover, it also identifies the most popular themes and suggests some future directions. The study also provides an overview of the trends and trajectories of KT with a visual and schematic frame, which may help the researchers and the practitioners understand the current trends and future research directions.
Highlights
It is generally acknowledged that Teece was the first to put forward the issue of knowledge transfer
A bibliometric analysis examines bibliographic material from an objective and quantitative perspective that proves useful in organizing information within a specific field [20]; a bibliometric analysis using keywords allows the analysis of details in the main topics of research within a domain and relationships at the micro-level [21]
Since knowledge transfer attracting the attention of policymakers and researchers, we expect that there would be more studies on knowledge transfer research
Summary
It is generally acknowledged that Teece was the first to put forward the issue of knowledge transfer. He put forward the idea of knowledge transfer through the study of transnational technology transfer. It is found that through the inter- national transfer of enterprise technology, enterprises can accumulate a large amount of cross-border knowledge [1]. After this viewpoint, knowledge transfer has become one of the hot issues in knowledge management.
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