Knowledge Transfer and Accommodation Effects in Multinational Corporations

Factors Affecting Knowledge Transfer and Absorptive Capacity in Multinational Corporations

With the increasing speed of competition, knowledge management has become a critical competitive weapon. The process of knowledge transfer between business units is an essential aspect of knowledge management. The ability to transfer knowledge internally is one of the main competitive advantages of multinational corporations (MNCs). In this paper we will explore knowledge transfer and absorptiv...

Knowledge Transfer within Multinational Corporations: An Intercultural Challenge

A growing interest in the various aspects of knowledge transfer within multinational corporations has been evidenced by a recent surge in empirical research. Despite the fact that the number of empirical studies investigating various aspects of knowledge transfer within multinational corporations has significantly increased, very few insights into the influence of culture on knowledge transfer,...

The Bridging Role of Expatriates and Inpatriates in Knowledge Transfer in Multinational Corporations

© 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI:10.1002/hrm.21681 Correspondence to: Anne-Wil Harzing, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, Hendon, London NW4 4BT, United Kingdom, Tel: +44 (0) 20 8411 4407; E-mail: [email protected] suggests that at the subsidiary level, this knowledge is not only transferred by traditional parent-country nat...

The bridging role of expatriates and inpatriates in knowledge transfer in multinational corporations

Drawing on the knowledge-based view of the firm, this paper provides the first empirical study that explicitly investigates the relationship between different categories of international assignees and knowledge transfer in multinational corporations (MNCs). Specifically, we examine (1) the extent to which expatriate presence in different functional areas is related to knowledge transfer from an...

Multinational corporations.