Knowledge transfer between for-profit corporations and their Corporate Foundations. Which methods are effective?

Marco Minciullo*, Matteo Pedrini

*Corresponding author

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Abstract

This article investigates the impact of knowledge transfer (Goh 2002) from founder firms to the corporate foundations (CFs) on the CFs’ effectiveness. Starting from a typology of CFs’ effectiveness (Ostrower 2006a), we conducted a survey addressed to a sample of Italian CFs to address the impact of different knowledge transfer methods (KTMs) on three dimensions of CFs’ orientation to effectiveness: proactive orientation, social advocacy, and capacity building. The research identified four different KTMs and, using a linear regression, pointed out that the methods adopted by founder firms have a significant influence on proactivity, competences, and on social advocacy of CFs.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)215-234
Number of pages20
JournalNonprofit Management & Leadership
Volume25
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Strategy and Management

Keywords

  • Corporate foundations
  • Knowledge transfer

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