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作者：Hewett, K; Roth, MS; Roth, K
作者单位：Winthrop University; University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia
摘要：In this study, we examine the extent to which foreign subsidiaries are responsible for the development and implementation of marketing activities, as compared with these activities being controlled by headquarters. We propose and test a model of conditions that affect such headquarters and subsidiary roles, and explore the extent to which the alignment of these roles with certain conditions is associated with product performance. Our findings suggest that the more closely headquarters and subs...
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作者：Kogut, B; Zander, U
作者单位：University of Pennsylvania; Stockholm School of Economics
摘要：Firms are social communities that specialize in the creation and internal transfer of knowledge. The multinational corporation arises not out of the failure of markets for the buying and selling of knowledge, but out of its superior; efficiency as an organizational vehicle by which to transfer this knowledge across borders. We test the claim that firms specialize in the internal transfer of tacit knowledge by empirically examining the decision to transfer the capability to manufacture new prod...
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作者：Minbaeva, D; Pedersen, T; Björkman, I; Fey, CF; Park, HJ
作者单位：Copenhagen Business School; Stockholm School of Economics; Cornell University
摘要：Based on a sample of 169 subsidiaries of multinational corporations (MNCs) operating in the USA, Russia, and Finland, this paper investigates the relationship between MNC subsidiary human resource management (HRM) practices, absorptive capacity, and knowledge transfer. First, we examine the relationship between the application of specific HRM practices and the level of the absorptive capacity. Second, we suggest that absorptive capacity should be conceptualized as being comprised of both emplo...
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作者：Tallman, S
作者单位：Utah System of Higher Education; University of Utah
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作者：Kogut, B; Zander, U
作者单位：INSEAD Business School; Stockholm School of Economics
摘要：The production of the 1993 article awarded the JIBS Decade Award was written during a time when ideas regarding knowledge and the international expansion of the firm confronted a hostile audience. The sources of these ideas were directly related in Winter's and Roger's prior work, but also to a broader literature on 'category errors' and technology transfer. The theory of the firm as a social community is a distinctly sociological theory and, though sharing many key ideas with the resource-bas...
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作者：Buck, T; Filatotchev, I; Demina, N; Wright, M
作者单位：De Montfort University; University of Bradford; University of Nottingham
摘要：Researchers and potential investors in transition economies need to understand the Human Resource Management (HRM) strategies of target firms, since human resources are arguably their most valuable assets. Understanding is difficult, however, because HRM strategies help to determine firms' performance, but are in turn influenced by corporate governance, particularly insider ownership. This paper employs a structural equation modeling methodology to examine the relations between governance, HRM...
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作者：Zhang, C; Cavusgil, ST; Roath, AS
作者单位：Michigan State University; Michigan State University's Broad College of Business; University of Oklahoma System; University of Oklahoma - Norman
摘要：Research on international marketing channels accentuates the importance of relational norms and trust-building activities between buyers and sellers. Indeed, cultural and country differences may limit the use and effectiveness of traditional tools (such as market incentives and authoritative control) that govern the relationship between an exporting manufacturer and its foreign distributor. Consequently, exporting manufacturers need to emphasize relationships with their foreign distributors. T...
