Theoretical Frame about Influence Factors of Knowledge Sources of Multinational Subsidiaries

It is the key of creating competitive advantage to promote knowledge creation and knowledge sharing of subsidiaries in international enterprises. By network theory and knowledge theory, the text considers that knowledge sources of multination subsidiary can be classified as three forms: internal net...

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Published in2006 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference pp. 221 - 225
Main Authors Zhang, Hui, Xu, Jinfa
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.09.2006
Subjects
Companies
Government
influence factors
Investments
Knowledge management
knowledge sources
Knowledge transfer
MNC
Social network services
subsidiary
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Summary:It is the key of creating competitive advantage to promote knowledge creation and knowledge sharing of subsidiaries in international enterprises. By network theory and knowledge theory, the text considers that knowledge sources of multination subsidiary can be classified as three forms: internal network of subsidiary, external network of subsidiary and self-development of subsidiary. Then, the text examines the relationship between knowledge sources of multinational subsidiary and its determinants in terms of knowledge characteristics, parent company characteristics, subsidiary characteristics and host country characteristics, and according to related literatures provides hypotheses to carry out quantitative analysis and constructs a theoretical frame about influence factors of knowledge sources of multinational subsidiaries.
ISBN:1424402859
9781424402854
ISSN:2159-3590
2159-3604
DOI:10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279852