Range of internal knowledge |
Integration of design and fabrication allows design and process engineers to share and access a wide range of knowledge |
Specialization in fabrication alone implies access to more limited internal knowledge. |
Need to access external knowledge |
Fewer incentives to seek knowledge outside firm boundaries |
More outward-looking to complement internal knowledge |
Making sense of external knowledge |
Greater ability to relate external knowledge to broader internal knowledge base |
Ability to relate external knowledge to internal is limited by scope of only fabrication-specialized knowledge |
Geographic expansion of fabrication |
Increasing organizational complexity increases the challenge in making sense of external knowledge |
Increases organizational complexity but allows for increased ability to access external knowledge |