Sustainable Knowledge Transfer from Business Simulations to Working Environments: Correlational vs. Configurational Approach

Daniel Lovin,Monica Raducan,Alexandru Capatina,Nicoleta Cristache

doi:10.3390/su13042154

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Journal: Sustainability	Publication Date: Feb 17, 2021
Citations: 5	License type: CC BY 4.0

Affiliation: "Dunarea de Jos" University of Galati

Abstract

Employing both a correlational and a configurational framework, this study proposes that engagement in business simulations, working environment culture, and acquired knowledge on business simulations are forerunners of sustainable knowledge transfer from business schools to organizations through business simulations training. Using a sample of 120 graduates from a Romanian business school, the results from configurational framework (based on regression analyses) reveal that knowledge transfer is explained by engagement in business simulations and working environment culture. However, findings highlight no correlation between acquired knowledge through business simulations and knowledge transfer. We have also employed fsQCA (fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis), which reveals that engagement in business simulations, working environment culture, and acquired knowledge on business simulations are adequate conditions for knowledge transfer. This study sheds light on a new research avenue of knowledge transfer from business schools to industry, less investigated by prior research.

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Engagement in business simulations has a positive impact on knowledge transfer
Analyzing the knowledge transfer from business schools to organizations through business simulations, this study examined the roles of graduates’ engagement in business simulations, working environment culture, and acquired knowledge on business simulations in knowledge transfer

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Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Knowledge transfer from business schools to industry is a stream of research that has attracted researchers in the past several years. Business schools are perceived as knowledge intensive organizations due to their powerful dynamics of knowledge creation and transfer to business organizations. Knowledge transfer from the academic environment to business organizations is affected the asymmetric distribution of knowledge, while intergenerational knowledge transfer is turning into an important process at the academic level [1]. One key pillar of the sustainable knowledge transfer between business schools and private organizations is represented by a greater reliance on intangible resources and on intellectual competences of using them [2]

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