According to Szulanski, people on the source side may be reluctant to share their knowledge with others for fear of losing ownership, a position of privilege, superiority, for the lack of insufficient rewards or even sometimes due to being unaware of the fact that their knowledge might be of interest to others (van Baalen et al.,2005). Szulanski’s discussion of the ‘‘internal stickiness of knowledge transfer’’ focuses on the possible barriers encountered in the transfer process.