Research handbook on knowledge transfer and international business / Zaheer Khan, Smitha R. Nair, Yong Kyu Lew.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lew, Yong Kyu, editor.

Khan, Zaheer, editor.

Nair, Smitha R., editor.

Series:

Research handbooks in business and management series.

Research handbooks in business and management series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Knowledge management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022.

Summary:

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).

Contents:

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.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Khan, Zaheer Research Handbook on Knowledge Transfer and International Business

ISBN:

1-78897-611-8