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作者：Dhanaraj, C; Lyles, MA; Steensma, HK; Tihanyi, L
作者单位：Indiana University System; IU Kelley School of Business; Indiana University Indianapolis; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle; University of Oklahoma System; University of Oklahoma - Norman
摘要：Drawing on organizational learning and economic sociology, we address how relational embeddedness between the foreign parent and international joint venture (IJV) managers influences the type of knowledge (i.e., tacit and explicit) transferred to the IJV, and how the importance of relational embeddedness varies between young and mature IJVs. We also examine the influence of tacit and explicit knowledge on IJV performance. Our results show the importance that tie strength, trust, and shared val...
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作者：Foss, NJ; Pedersen, T
作者单位：Copenhagen Business School; Norwegian School of Economics (NHH); Copenhagen Business School
摘要：This Introduction discusses the contrast between, on the one hand, the current popularity of addressing MNC organization in knowledge terms and, on the other, the lack of adequate understanding of many of the causal mechanisms and contextual factors in relations between knowledge processes and organizational factors. A number of the relevant research challenges are identified, and it is clarified how the five articles in this Focused Issue addresses some of these.
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作者：Buckley, P; Carter, MI
作者单位：University of Leeds
摘要：This paper outlines a model of process organisation for the combination of different types of knowledge from spatially separated sources in the multinational enterprise. The model envisages an initiator-entrepreneur as the motor of the process, and identifies regularities in the types of knowledge combination within the firm that provide additional value. Knowledge losses, decision losses and coordination losses are imperfections in the process, and result in barriers to the effective combinat...
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作者：Björkman, I; Barner-Rasmussen, W; Li, L
作者单位：INSEAD Business School
摘要：In this paper we explore the impact of organisational mechanisms on inter-unit knowledge flows in multinational corporations (MNCS). A comprehensive model, based on agency theory and socialisation theory, is tested on a sample of 134 Finnish and Chinese MNC subsidiaries. Our findings indicate that MNCS can influence inter-unit knowledge transfer by specifying the objectives of the subsidiary and by utilising corporate socialisation mechanisms. However, we found no support for the hypothesised ...
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作者：London, T; Hart, SL
作者单位：University of North Carolina; University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; Cornell University
摘要：With established markets becoming saturated, multinational corporations (MNCs) have turned increasingly to emerging markets (EMs) in the developing world. Such EM strategies have been targeted almost exclusively at the wealthy elite at the top of the economic pyramid. Recently, however, a number of MNCs have launched new initiatives that explore the untapped market potential at the base of the economic pyramid, the largest and fastest-growing segment of the world's population. Reaching the fou...
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作者：Simonin, BL
作者单位：Tufts University
摘要：This research proposes and tests a basic model of organizational learning that captures the process of knowledge transfer in international strategic alliances. Based on a cross-sectional sample of 147 multinationals and a structural equation methodology, this study empirically investigates the simultaneous effects of learning intent, learning capacity (LC), knowledge ambiguity, and its two key antecedents - tacitness and partner protectiveness - on technological knowledge transfer. In the inte...
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作者：Mudambi, R; Navarra, P
作者单位：Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Temple University; University of Reading; University of Messina; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
摘要：In recent years, as multinational corporation (MNC) subsidiaries have become more closely linked to international networks, their knowledge intensity has risen, and some of their R&D has gained a more creative role. Simultaneously, and often connectedly, many subsidiaries have acquired considerable strategic independence in all aspects of their operations, and therefore are able to exercise considerable intra-firm bargaining power to influence the distribution of the firm's resources. In this ...
