Research Handbook on Knowledge Transfer and International Business

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

AvZaheer Khan,Smitha R. Nair,Yong K. Lew

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This comprehensive and engaging Research Handbook provides a full examination of the modes and mechanisms of international knowledge transfer. Furthermore, it also provides in-depth insights into international knowledge transfer related challenges faced by multinational enterprises (MNEs). Chapters written by well-respected contributors provide extensive insights into the economic, technological, social, cultural and organizational aspects of knowledge transfer in international business and management. They also highlight the contextual influences imposed by the industrial sectors and countries that MNEs are associated with. Organised into three thematic parts, this Research Handbook provides interesting and important directions for future research within each chapter giving readers an opportunity to pursue these in greater depth. This timely Research Handbook will be an invaluable resource for scholars and researchers of international business and knowledge management. The practical case studies will provide a greater understanding of the topic and its challenges for managers of MNEs.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-07-07
Mått169 x 244 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieResearch Handbooks in Business and Management series
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781035322046

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Edited by Zaheer Khan, Professor in Strategy and International Business, Business School, University of Aberdeen, UK, the late Smitha R. Nair, formerly Professor of Strategy and International Business, Amrita School of Business, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, India and Yong Kyu Lew, Professor of International Business, HUFS Business School, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea

Contents:List of contributors viiIntroduction to Research Handbook on Knowledge Transfer and International Business xiiiPART I STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE OF KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER1. Intra-firm trade, embeddedness and international knowledge transfer inthe multinational enterprise 2Nigel Driffield, James H. Love and Stefano Menghinello2. Knowledge transfer and absorptive capacity in the context of a smallmultinational enterprise: a systematic study of the nexus of relationships 26Jan-Tore Øian, Olli Kuivalainen and Heini Vanninen3. Reverse knowledge transfer in multinational companies: evidence fromSwiss manufacturing industry 48Lamia Ben Hamida4. Intellectual property institutions and innovation of emergingmultinational companies 62Jie WuPART II SOCIETAL AND HUMAN RESOURCE PERSPECTIVE OFKNOWLEDGE TRANSFER5. Social media as a knowledge transfer tool for intellectual capitalaccumulation during the international growth of small firms 84Matti Saari, Minnie Kontkanen, Ahmad Arslan and Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen6. Knowledge exchange within multi-stakeholder initiatives: tackling theSustainable Development Goals 108Jerra Veeger and Michelle Westermann-Behaylo7. Global talent mobility and knowledge diffusion: the role of staffingagencies in the growth of East Asian high-tech multinational corporations 136Mayumi TabataPART III SUBSIDIARY KNOWLEDGE CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT8. Technological overlap and cultural distance in MNCs’ location choiceof technological clusters in China 159Shuna Shu Ham Ho and Chang Hoon Oh9. Building ambidextrous capabilities in foreign subsidiaries: evidencefrom Korean multinationals 177Jae Eun Lee, Byung Il Park and Yong Kyu Lew10. Utilization of subsidiary knowledge in multinational enterprises:revisiting the SECI model 195Jong Min Lee11. Absorptive capacity, value creation and new service developmentin multinational enterprises: the role of knowledge flows betweencustomers, subsidiaries and headquarters 210Tiina Leposky, Ahmad Arslan, Ismail Gölgeci and Deborah CallaghanIndex 226