作者：Vendrell-Herrero, Ferran; Darko, Christian K.; Gomes, Emanuel; Lehman, David W.
作者单位：University of Birmingham; Universidade Nova de Lisboa; University of Virginia
摘要：Prior research suggests that firm productivity and export activity are mutually reinforcing. Highly productive firms are more likely to enter the export market (i.e., self-selection), and upon doing so, achieve greater productivity levels over time (i.e., learning-by-exporting). We consider how a critical yet unexamined, factor impacts this relationship: the economic development of a firm's home market. Drawing on institution-based theories, we hypothesize that self-selection effects will be s...
作者：Kim, Heejin; Reiche, B. Sebastian; Harzing, Anne-Wil
作者单位：Tohoku University; University of Navarra; IESE Business School; Middlesex University; Tilburg University
摘要：Intra-company knowledge transfer is a key source of competitive advantage for multinational companies (MNCs) and this knowledge is usually embedded in individuals. Drawing on organizational knowledge creation theory, we explore how inpatriation contributes to knowledge transfer and, in turn, subsidiary performance. Inpatriation involves the international assignment of employees from an MNC's foreign subsidiary to its headquarters. Despite increasing attention to the role of inpatriation, we la...
