Transnational transfer of strategic organizational practices: A contextual perspective

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Kostova, T
• 署名单位: University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0363-7425
• DOI: 10.2307/259084
• 发表日期: 1999
• 页码: 308-324
• 关键词: behavior; capabilities; COMMITMENT; culture; KNOWLEDGE; firm

摘要

To examine the phenomenon of the transnational transfer of strategic organizational practices within multinational companies, I use a cross-disciplinary approach. After conceptualizing the success of a transfer as the institutionalization of the practice at the recipient unit. I develop a multilevel model of transfer success, based on the notion of the contextual embeddedness of the process of transfer. I propose that three sets of factors at three levels-country, organization and individual-affect transfer success reflecting social, organizational. and relational embeddedness. Finally, I discuss the theoretical and practical implications of this research.