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Network Knowledge in International Business

Inbunden, Engelska, 2002

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This book focuses on current cutting-edge research concerning the increasing strategic importance of subsidiary networks to the multinational firm. It combines contributions from three major related areas of inquiry: the changing theoretical conception of networks and the structure of the multinational firm, the importance of spillovers and agglomeration economies related to multinational investments, and the management of the flow of information and knowledge from headquarters to subsidiaries and vice versa. The book approaches the network structure of the firm from the different perspectives of the expert international contributors, while also combining theoretical perspectives with recent empirical evidence.Network Knowledge in International Business offers students in international business and strategy a cross-section of relevant research and current empirical evidence relating to knowledge management and the management of the modern multinational.

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Utgivningsdatum2002-07-29
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Horizons in International Business series
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781840648706

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ContentsPreface 1 Introduction Sarianna M. Lundan2 From value chain to value networks: towards a new strategic model Xavier Lecocq, Saïd Yami3 Strategic knowledge management: a new research agenda Bo Bernhard Nielsen4 The MNC as a network: a closer look at intra-organizational flows Stefan Schmid, Andreas Schurig, Michael Kutschker5 On the dynamics and coexistence of multiple subsidiary roles: an investigation of multinational operations in the UK Robert D. Pearce, Ana Teresa Tavares6 Sources of subsidiary knowledge and knowledge transfer in MNCs Nicolai J. Foss, Torben Pedersen7 Subsidiary absorptive capacity, MNC headquarters’ control strategies and transfer of subsidiary competencies Ulf Andersson, Ingmar Björkman, Patrick Furu8 Subsidiary decision-making autonomy: competences, integration and local responsiveness Vitor Corado Simões, Rita Biscaya, Pedro Nevado9 Patterns of R&D co-operation by European firms: cost-economizing vs. technology-seeking Luis Miotti, Frédérique Sachwald10 Competence accumulation and collaborative ventures: evidence from the largest European electronics firms and implications for EU technological policies Marco Giarratana, Salvatore Torrisi11 Exploring inward-outward linkages in firms’ internationalization: a knowledge and network perspective Lawrence S. Welch, Gabriel R.G. Benito, Pål R. Silseth, Tore Karlsen12 Accelerated internationalization from the periphery John A. Mathews13 The corporate supplier network within the European personal computer industry Denise TsangIndex