Information processing techniques are disclosed for managing knowledge across a distributed entity using predictive analysis. For example, a method comprises the following steps. At least a portion of the information is indicative of at least one of a previous expansion, a previous transfer and a previous leveraging of the knowledge attributable to the at least one distributed entity. A predictive analysis is performed on at least a portion of the obtained information to generate one or more recommendations for at least one of a future expansion, a future transfer and a future leveraging of the knowledge attributable to the at least one distributed entity.