Developing Shared Knowledge in Growing Firms
本文构建了一个理论模型，解释组织内知识共享的局部性和高成本如何导致知识碎片化，并指出过快增长可能引发长期效率损失，建议高生产率企业主动控制增长速度。
I develop a theory of knowledge sharing in organizations where coordinated activity requires shared knowledge, and knowledge sharing is local and costly. Because knowledge sharing is local, knowledge diffuses gradually across an organization. Because knowledge sharing is costly, diffusion may stall, resulting in inefficiently fragmented knowledge. The theory suggests that excessively rapid organizational growth may result in fragmentation or in the abandonment of the organization’s early knowledge, and that these effects may persist in the long-run, even after the initial period of growth has ended. To avoid fragmentation, highly productive firms should deliberately constrain firm growth and avoid acquisition-based growth strategies.