The combination of different specializations requires the development of “trans-specialization understanding” (TSU). TSU has been conceptualized as a limited degree of knowledge sharing, as islands of shared knowledge in a sea of mutual ignorance (Postrel, 2002), the development of which is underpinned by a level of managerial “meta-knowledge” that is akin to the concept of “combination capability” (Kogut & Zander, 1992), which itself has proved highly influential in IB thinking (Tallman, 2003).