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In this empirical paper, we study the relationship between knowledge utilization and learning capability in a team environment. The knowledge utilization concept has received scant attention so far. While knowledge transfer rests solely on the knowledge flows, the novel construct of knowledge utilization involves the knowledge linkages. These linkages provide a channel through which information may flow from one sub-system to the other in an organization. But, the effectiveness of these linkages in terms of insights gained and actions taken incorporating the gained know-how is what typifies the knowledge utilization in a team. The knowledge utilization capability builds upon certain intra-organizational mechanisms and processes (Backer, 1991). The high quality knowledge utilization may be considered strategic asset for learning capability in a team and vice versa. Hamel (1991), for instance suggests that conditions within the teams and the relationship itself provide the platform for higher learning. The Learning Capability is classified in five dimensions. Firstly, the learning intent entails the team's goal directed behavior with regard to learning (MacInnis, Mooreman, & Jaworski, 1991). Secondly, transparency concerns the opportunity to learn. Thirdly, the receptivity connotes the team's capacity or potential to learn. Fourthly, dissemination of knowledge means that the knowledge is passed around the team to the relevant managers in relevant functional areas. Fifthly, shared interpretation of knowledge inputs means that there is consensus about the meaning of the knowledge. These components of learning capability thus form a team's learning platform. It is hypothesized that the knowledge utilization levels increase when learning capability is present. Likewise, the intra-team learning is enabled strategically. Such teams would perform better by accomplishing their management defined goals if the above discussed learning activities and their supporting learning platform are present simultaneously. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]