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Public-private collaborations in a Dunkirk moment

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  • Chun-Yao Huang
  • Fu Shih-Wei

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Many major crises are unexpected, unprecedented, and life-threatening on a large scale. The Dunkirk evacuation by the British in 1940 is a classic example, and the recent global COVID-19 pandemic is another one. Efficient public-private collaborations are critical in such “Dunkirk moments” for problem solving and crisis attenuation, with knowledge sharing and creation, in turn, forming the core of such collaborations. Based on a case of the COVID-19 pandemic, in which problems of facial mask manufacturing and distribution were solved through improvised public-private collaborations, this article systematically highlights the necessary conditions for successful public-private collaboration. Given the conditions thus identified, we further elaborate on the roles that knowledge plays as well as the nature of knowledge activation/creation in such a collaboration.

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  • Chun-Yao Huang & Fu Shih-Wei, 2021. "Public-private collaborations in a Dunkirk moment," Knowledge Management Research & Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(4), pages 545-550, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tkmrxx:v:19:y:2021:i:4:p:545-550
    DOI: 10.1080/14778238.2020.1802359
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