{
  "title": "Change management: why good practices do not transfer easily",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/conduite-du-changement-pourquoi-une-bonne-pratique-se-transfere-mal-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-01-09",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "A practice that works in one team is not a ready-made solution for another. Research suggests examining the conditions for transfer, rather than just the quality of the model.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Change Leadership",
  "place": {
    "name": "Lausanne",
    "region": "Vaud",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Gabriel Szulanski (1996, Strategic Management Journal) examines barriers to transferring best practices within firms."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Understanding requires prior knowledge",
      "point": "Wesley M."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that better documentation and training for the receiving team are all that is needed."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What the evidence cannot promise",
      "point": "The study of internal transfers is not a randomised trial isolating the effect of a particular form of support."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Lausanne",
      "point": "In Lausanne, a medtech company, a higher education institution, an international sports organisation or a scale-up in the Lake Geneva region could test the transfer of a practice on a limited scale before extending it."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Szulanski",
      "year": "1996",
      "source": "Strategic Management Journal"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Levinthal",
      "year": "1990",
      "source": "Administrative Science Quarterly"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 413,
  "image": "https://www.shr.swiss/img/blog-editorial-2026-01-09-en.jpg?v=4",
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  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation/conduite-du-changement/lausanne",
    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/lausanne",
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  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}