Is Team Based Tacit Knowledge Transferable? Players as Strategic Resources
Roy Heath Keller · 2014
The transferability of tacit knowledge is a topic that is at the core of many leading theories of the firm. Using the National Basketball Association (NBA) as the unit of analysis, this paper addresses the following question: What effect does tacit knowledge held by a strategic bundle of resources (team) have on the market value of an individual resource (player)? Results indicate that player fit with other team members and strategic philosophy are significant predictors of market value.