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The model includes pre\u2010existing conditions, (need and prior knowledge) and four categories of capacities (generative, disseminative, absorptive and adaptive\/responsive) that social systems must possess for KT to take place.<\/jats:italic><\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Research limitations\/implications<\/jats:title><jats:p><jats:italic>The paper shows that the DKTC model is particularly well suited to analyzing complex systems with multiple stakeholders as opposed to small\u2010scale knowledge transfer systems. Empirical analysis in complex systems environments will help verify, enrich and generalize the model.<\/jats:italic><\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Practical implications<\/jats:title><jats:p><jats:italic>The paper sees that in an increasingly knowledge\u2010based economy, the ability to base decisions on the latest knowledge is vital for the success of organizations. The capacity for effective and sustained exchange between a system's stakeholders (researchers, government, practitioners, etc.); exchanges characterized by significant interactions reflected within the DKTC model, results in the appropriate use of the most recent discoveries in the decision making process.<\/jats:italic><\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p><jats:italic>The paper proposes a new knowledge transfer paradigm that views knowledge as a systemic, socially constructed, context\u2010specific representation of reality. 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