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作者：Schaefer, Kerstin J.
作者单位：Leibniz University Hannover
摘要：Hiring experts in centers of state-of-the-art technology is an important way in which a multinational enterprise (MNE) can gain competitive advantage, and yet use of this mechanism remains under-researched. This study uses the case of a Chinese MNE that recently achieved a leading position in the telecommunications market: Huawei Technologies. Taking the perspective of Huawei's offshore hires, I find that greenfield investments contributed to overcoming liabilities of origin and outsidership i...
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作者：Lewin, Arie Y.; Massini, Silvia; Peeters, Carine
作者单位：Duke University; University of Manchester; Alliance Manchester Business School; Vlerick Business School
摘要：The concept of absorptive capacity (AC) of firms (Cohen and Levinthal 1989 and 1990) is a foundational feature of organizational learning and adaptation that has had enormous influence in international business (IB), and innovation studies and management research in general. In this tribute to Dan Levinthal, we discuss the close connection between AC and learning - two areas central to Dan Levinthal's research - in relation to different contexts where AC comes into play in extant IB research. ...
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作者：Pedersen, Torben; Larsen, Marcus M.; Dasi, Angels
作者单位：Bocconi University; Copenhagen Business School; BI Norwegian Business School; University of Valencia
摘要：Daniel A. Levinthal has made several important contributions to the fields of strategy and management. His research has been pivotal in enhancing our understanding of interactions between the internal and external contexts that organizations face as well as the roles of experience, search, and learning processes. Despite substantial overlap between the core issues in international business (IB) and Levinthal's work, the IB field has yet to fully embrace key tenets of his research. We aim to br...
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作者：Luo, Yadong
作者单位：University of Miami; Sun Yat Sen University
摘要：Building on Daniel Levinthal's seminal theories on learning, adaptation, and innovation, this article elucidates an adaptive view of organizational learning undertaken by multinational enterprises (MNEs). Levinthal's perspectives have tremendous implications for theorizing and examining processes, pathways, and mechanisms of dynamic learning for MNEs competing in a complex environment. This article extends these perspectives, considering unique organizational traits and environmental character...
