Absorptive Capacity: North–South Partnerships and Organizational Learning Within Development Networks
| Autor: | Joanne Roch, Johanne Boucher |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Knowledge management
business.industry 050204 development studies 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development Capacity building Development West african Absorptive capacity Development studies Order (exchange) General partnership 0502 economics and business Organizational learning Field research Operations management business 050203 business & management |
| Zdroj: | The European Journal of Development Research. 29:404-422 |
| ISSN: | 1743-9728 0957-8811 |
| DOI: | 10.1057/s41287-016-0005-z |
| Popis: | In order to improve the efficiency of their interventions, Canadian NGOs – relying on the knowledge-based approach to cooperation – have privileged the establishment of genuine North–South partnerships and relationships between their partners within networks as a strategy for building and sustaining local capacities. Although the networks are associated with development, the mechanisms that enable partners to learn and build their capacities within networks remain unclear. Based on field research carried out with Oxfam-Quebec and three of its West African partners, this article examines these mechanisms. The results demonstrate the importance of Oxfam-Quebec’s knowledge-management practices in the development of its partners’ absorptive capacity on which their learning within the network is based. As a result, this article contributes to a better understanding of the processes and mechanisms leading to the development of absorptive capacity as well as the conditions associated with the effective use of networks as tools for development. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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