Introduction; J. L. Alvarez - PART 1: THE BASIC INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION - The Sociological Tradition and the Spread and Institutionalization of Knowledge for Action; J. L. Alvarez - Management a System of Knowledge and Authority; H. Byrkjeflot - Mercury and Minerva: A Modern Multinational. Academic Business Studies on a Global Scale; L. Engwall - The Transfer of Organizational Techniques Across Borders: Combining Neoinstitutional and Comparative Perspectives; M. E. Arias & M. Guillen - PART 2: VEHICLES FOR THE POPULARIZATION OF BUSINESS IDEAS - The Creation of Popular Management Texts on Ideological Rhetoric in Creation of Managerial 'Knowledge'; S. Furusten - The Popularization of Business Knowledge Diffusion: From Academic Knowledge to Popular Culture; C. Mazza - Professional Associations as 'Brokers' Facilitating Networking and the Diffusion of New Ideas: Advantages and Disadvantages; M. Robertson S. Newell & J. Swan - The Quality Virus: Interorganization Contagion in TQM Implementation; J. C. Pastor R. Hunt & J. Meindl - PART 3: THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE: BEGINNING AND END OF ITS CREATION DIFFUSION AND CONSUMPTION - The Role of Consulting Knowledge in the Real Transformation of Work in Contemporary Europe; R. Penn - Strategic Seduction? IT Consultancy in UK Financial Services; A. Sturdy - Going Local. The Hybridization Process as Situated Learning; H. F. Botti - Where Does Management Knowledge Come From?; N. Nohria & R. G. Eccles. Language: English