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Corporate universities: driving force of knowledge innovation

Martijn Rademakers (Strategy Academy, Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

Journal of Workplace Learning

ISSN: 1366-5626

Article publication date: 1 January 2005

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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

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2005, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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