Conventional and Reverse Knowledge Flows in Multinational Corporationsdagger Export

@article{citeulike:4626050, abstract = {Leveraging knowledge from geographically disparate subsidiaries is a crucial source of competitive advantage for multinational corporations (MNCs). This study investigates the determinants of knowledge transfers to and from newly acquired subsidiaries in three transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe. It is hypothesized that the determinants of conventional knowledge transfers from MNC parents to subsidiaries and reverse knowledge transfers from subsidiaries to MNC parents are based on different transfer logics. A sample of 105 acquired subsidiaries revealed that organizational characteristics are important in conventional knowledge flows from headquarters, so that subsidiaries acquired with competence-creating objectives receive significantly larger inflows. Knowledge characteristics are important in reverse flows to headquarters so that subsidiaries whose knowledge is more relevant are able to transmit significantly larger outflows. Host country locations have significant moderating effects. The significance of the directional context in knowledge transfers is an important new finding. 10.1177/0149206308321546}, author = {Yang, Qin and Mudambi, Ram and Meyer, Klaus E.}, citeulike-article-id = {4626050}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0149206308321546}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://jom.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/34/5/882}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/0149206308321546}, journal = {Journal of Management}, keywords = {conventional, corporations, flows, knowledge, multinational, reverse}, month = {October}, number = {5}, pages = {882--902}, posted-at = {2009-05-25 03:36:13}, priority = {3}, title = {Conventional and Reverse Knowledge Flows in Multinational Corporations{dagger}}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0149206308321546}, volume = {34}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:4626050 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4626050 N2 - Leveraging knowledge from geographically disparate subsidiaries is a crucial source of competitive advantage for multinational corporations (MNCs). This study investigates the determinants of knowledge transfers to and from newly acquired subsidiaries in three transition economies in Central and Eastern Europe. It is hypothesized that the determinants of conventional knowledge transfers from MNC parents to subsidiaries and reverse knowledge transfers from subsidiaries to MNC parents are based on different transfer logics. A sample of 105 acquired subsidiaries revealed that organizational characteristics are important in conventional knowledge flows from headquarters, so that subsidiaries acquired with competence-creating objectives receive significantly larger inflows. Knowledge characteristics are important in reverse flows to headquarters so that subsidiaries whose knowledge is more relevant are able to transmit significantly larger outflows. Host country locations have significant moderating effects. The significance of the directional context in knowledge transfers is an important new finding. 10.1177/0149206308321546 IS - 5 JF - Journal of Management EP - 902 TI - Conventional and Reverse Knowledge Flows in Multinational Corporations{dagger} VL - 34 SP - 882 KW - conventional KW - corporations KW - flows KW - knowledge KW - multinational KW - reverse AU - Yang, Qin AU - Mudambi, Ram AU - Meyer, Klaus PY - 2008/10/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0149206308321546 ER -