The dilemma of acquiring knowledge from outside the company

• It is cheaper overall for someone to acquire and distribute than to knowledge acquisition individually, so global optimization.
• However, it is not the best strategy for individuals because costs are concentrated on “the person who makes that acquisition”
• If an individual chooses “not to acquire knowledge from outside the company himself/herself” as the optimal strategy, the organization loses a lot by no one acquiring knowledge from outside the company.
  • Similar to [prisoner’s dilemma

Knowledge Acquisition Strategies Knowledge acquisition from outside the company. Gaining Outside Knowledge

• knowledge acquisition

• First appeared in WEB+DB PRESS series Let’s look at it from a different perspective. Do people who learn well underperform?(2005)

2024 Addendum

• 2021 There are two channels for information to flow into the organization
  • In the above diagram, “outside” is assumed to be permissionless, but this is not necessarily the case.

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