Knowledge Transfer in Project-Based Organization Based on Knowledge Broker: a Multi-Population Evolutionary Game Analysis
MA Teng1,2, CAO Jiming1, LI Chong1, SHEN Liangfa1
1. School of Economic and Management, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804,China; 2. School of Electronics and Computer Engineering,University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6G2V4,Canada
Abstract：In this paper, the research combind with the PBO environmental characteristics to build multi-population dynamic evolutionary game model about knowledge transfer based on PMO as knowledge broker, to get the evolutionary stable strategy and evolutionary stable diagram. The Research shows that knowledge spillover effects, knowledge collaborative innovation effects, the cost of knowledge transfer and the rewards or punishment of knowledge transfer, are the main factors influencing the knowledge transfer behavior and determining the overall trend of knowledge transfer in PBO.
马腾, 曹吉鸣, 李冲, 申良法. 基于知识中介的项目型组织知识转移多群体演化博弈分析[J]. 复杂系统与复杂性科学, 2016, 13(3): 86-96.
MA Teng, CAO Jiming, LI Chong, SHEN Liangfa. Knowledge Transfer in Project-Based Organization Based on Knowledge Broker: a Multi-Population Evolutionary Game Analysis[J]. Complex Systems and Complexity Science, 2016, 13(3): 86-96.
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