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Boyer, Eric J. 2016. "Identifying a knowledge management approach for public-private partnerships." Public Performance and Management Review 40.1 158-180.

Type: Non-experimental study

Knowledge user level addressed by the literature: Individual, Organizations, Sectors.

Experience level of reader: Fundamental

Knowledge user(s) to whom the piece of literature may be relevant: Policy makers, Clinicians, Brokers, Manufacturers, Developers, Intermediaries, Users, Advocates, and Researchers.

Setting(s) to which the reported activities/findings are relevant: Community, Federal Lab, Government, Large business, Small business, University.

Format: Peer-reviewed journal article

Annotation: Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are collaborations heavily reliant on knowledge transfer (KT). Projects using KT presuppose that there is a method or practice superior to the status quo which, if discovered, will bring real life benefits. Knowledge management requires a balance of standardizing knowledge into transferrable information, and preserving contextual and experience-based details. These partnerships create knowledge management challenges for the working group and respective individual organizations.

This article uses the Commercial Devices and Services version of the NtK Model

PRIMARY FINDINGS

Barriers:

  • Private sector partners must manage use of the developed product over time.
    Qualitative research study
    Occurrences within the Model: NtK 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.1, 9.2 KTA 7.D
  • Private sector partners have to repay any investors either directly from users or with subsidies from public partnerships.
    Qualitative research study
    Occurrences within the Model: NTK 4.12, 7.3, 7.7
  • Private sector values like profitability are in direct conflict with some public institutions values like openness.
    Qualitative research study
    Occurrences within the Model: NTK 7.3,4.4 KTA 6.A
  • Public sector organizations face an information imbalance because field experts choose more lucrative private sector positions.
    Qualitative research study
    Occurrences within the Model: NTK 3.1, 4.10
  • Winning public support for partnership projects is a challenge because the projects are secretive by nature.
    Qualitative research study
    Occurrences within the Model: NTK 3.4, 4.9

Carriers:              

  • Risks and responsibilities are shared under private-public partnerships.                
    Qualitative research study
    Occurrences within the Model: NtK 4.3, KTA 6.A
  • Possessing prior related knowledge aids the future absorptive capacity of a knowledge user group.  
    Qualitative research study
    Occurrences within the Model: NTK 3.8, 3.9, KTA 7.C