Corporate universities: driving force of knowledge innovation
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to explain the rapid emergence of corporate universities on the basis of fundamental developments presently shaping the economy and society on a world‐wide scale.
Design/methodology/approach
Four key forms of innovation are identified and combined with the corporate university concept. The paper explains why corporate universities are emerging world‐wide as strategic weapons in the competitive battle among companies, countries and international economic power blocs.
Findings
Companies endorsing the importance of knowledge innovation cannot get around the corporate university concept as part of their strategy. Three major corporate university types are identified and linked to their strategic role as the driving force of knowledge innovation.
Originality/value
Helps to explain why corporate universities have evolved as an answer to the challenge of competing in a knowledge‐driven economy.
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Citation
Rademakers, M. (2005), "Corporate universities: driving force of knowledge innovation", Journal of Workplace Learning, Vol. 17 No. 1/2, pp. 130-136. https://doi.org/10.1108/13665620510574513
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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