At Toyota, communication is viral and knowledge is diffused in all directions.
It is simply a tool whose strength (exploiting large numbers of diverse problem solvers) is a benefit in some contexts (highly diffused knowledge base, relatively inexpensive ways to test proposed solutions, modular system) but not in others (concentrated knowledge base, expensive testing, system with integral architectures).
The results show that knowledge is not diffused evenly 'in the air', but flows within a core group of firms characterised by advanced absorptive capacities.
Understanding the origin of innovations in an IS framework therefore requires knowing how ideas, skills, and knowledge are transferred, diffused, and acquired throughout the system.
Several respondents mentioned that expertise and knowledge were not diffused in the industry and mentioned several types of knowledge involved including the client's lack of knowledge and the consultant's lack of knowledge and competence within the internal organization.
As a result, newly generated knowledge can be proactively diffused to the blog-based knowledge management systems of which context is relevant to the knowledge, even before the bloggers' queries are explicitly asked.
Thus, diffused expert knowledge in combination with high levels of trust within the local population, helped to overcome scepticism that built on ignorance and mistrust.
"Everyone must have noticed the avalanche of knowledge emerging over the last few decades, diffused over the Internet.
Similarly, unlike the two computer universities, Myanmar engineering schools are relatively old, dating back to the British colonial period.9 Thus, knowledge about engineering is more developed and diffused than computer science within the Myanmar higher education system.
When an enterprise acquires knowledge through training, the acquired knowledge will be diffused and accumulated to become a valuable asset through a knowledge integration mechanism including human bridge, organizational bridge and procedural bridge, accordingly, the training performance will be enhanced.
