UID:
almahu_9949245763402882
Format:
1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:
9781788976114 (e-book)
Series Statement:
Research handbooks in business and management series
Content:
"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"--
Note:
Contents: List of contributors -- Introduction to research handbook on knowledge transfer and international business -- Part I: Strategic perspective of knowledge transfer -- 1. Intra-firm trade, embeddedness and international knowledge transfer in the multinational enterprise / Nigel Driffield, James H. Love and Stefano Menghinello -- 2. Knowledge transfer and absorptive capacity in the context of a small multinational enterprise: A systematic study of the nexus of relationships / Jan-Tore Øian, Olli Kuivalainen and Heini Vanninen -- 3. Reverse knowledge transfer in multinational companies: Evidence from Swiss manufacturing industry / Lamia Ben Hamida -- 4. Intellectual property institutions and innovation of emerging multinational companies / Jie Wu -- Part II: Societal and human resource perspective of knowledge transfer -- 5. Social media as a knowledge transfer tool for intellectual capital accumulation during the international growth of small firms / Matti Saari, Minnie Kontkanen, Ahmad Arslan and Pia Hurmelinna-Laukkanen -- 6. Knowledge exchange within multi-stakeholder initiatives: Tackling the sustainable development goals / Jerra Veeger and Michelle Westermann-Behaylo -- 7. Global talent mobility and knowledge diffusion: The role of staffing agencies in the growth of east asian high-tech multinational corporations / Mayumi Tabata -- Part III: Subsidiary knowledge creation and development -- 8. Technological overlap and cultural distance in mncs' location choice of technological clusters in China / Shuna Shu Ham Ho and Chang Hoon Oh -- 9. Building ambidextrous capabilities in foreign subsidiaries: Evidence from korean multinationals / Jae Eun Lee, Byung Il Park and Yong Kyu Lew -- 10. Utilization of subsidiary knowledge in multinational enterprises: Revisiting the seci model / Jong Min Lee -- 11. Absorptive capacity, value creation and new service development in multinational enterprises: The role of knowledge flows between customers, subsidiaries and headquarters / Tiina Leposky, Ahmad Arslan, Ismail Gölgeci and Deborah Callaghan -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781788976107 (hardback)
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
URL:
https://www.elgaronline.com/view/edcoll/9781788976107/9781788976107.xml
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