Knowledge Sharing in International Innovation Course

Collaboration is a key driver of successful innovation. Knowledge sharing is not only vital for firms, but important for students in their learning too. For students to learn effectively, they must construct knowledge and collaborate with their peers. Knowledge sharing is essential to learning especially when it comes to the learning of innovation among students. However, this is not a trivial task. Business management students are reluctant to share knowledge among their peers. This paper describes the experience of a Finnish-Vietnamese international innovation course for business managers. The authors found that there are barriers to knowledge sharing among the students. This paper attempts to give theoretical underpinnings to the barriers and propose guidelines to help overcome the barriers.

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