Knowledge Flows, Governance and the Multinational Enterprise: Frontiers in International Management Research

ISBN-13: 9781403933119 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 293 str.

Volker Mahnke; Torben Bach Pedersen

Opis

This book contributes to the understanding of Knowledge Governance in the Multinational Corporation. Intra-firm and inter-firm processes of knowledge creation, sharing and exploitation have attracted increasingly managerial and scholarly interest. However the relation between particular knowledge processes, determinants of organizational choices, governance mechanisms, their relevant costs and benefits, and associated strategic advantages remain less well understood. To address these challenges, this book gives answers to the following questions. What are key challenges of governing knowledge in the multinational corporation? How do contingencies influence relevant trade-offs? How do sets of governance mechanisms respond to problems of cognition and incentives?

Spis treści

List of Figures List of Tables List of Contributors PART I: FUNDAMENTAL PERSPECTIVES ON KNOWLEDGE GOVERNANCE Knowledge Governance and Value Creation; V.Mahnke & T.Pedersen The Use of Network Theory in MNC Research; M.Forsgren Multinational Enterprises and Competence-Creating Knowledge Flows: A Theoretical Analysis; J.A.Cantwell & R.Mudambi PART II: GOVERNING EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE RELATIONS Do Good Threats Make Good Neighbors? Social Dilemmas in MNC Networks; M.Osterloh & A.Weibel Learning Across Borders: Organizational Learning and International Alliances; M.Lyles & C.Dhanaraj Learning vs. Protection in Inter-Firm Alliances: A False Dichotomy; J.Oxley Relationship Dynamics: Developing Business Relationships and Creating Value; U.Andersson & B.Ståhl PART III: GOVERNING INTERNAL KNOWLEDGE RELATION Identifying Leading-Edge Market Knowledge in Multinational Corporations; N.Arvidsson & J.Birkinshaw Knowledge Flows in International Services Firms: A Conceptual Model; V.Lindsay, D.Chadee, J.Mattsson & R.Johnston The Dilemmas of MNC Subsidiary Transfer of Knowledge; J.Gammelgaard, U.Holm & T.Pedersen PART IV: KNOWLEDGE GOVERNANCE AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Governing MNC Entry in Regional Knowledge Clusters; M.Lorenzen & V.Mahnke Learning and Networking in Foreign-Market Entry of Service Firms; A.Blomstermo & D.Sharma Plumbing and Plugging-In: Networking by Venture Capitalists in Europe and the USA; A.Gatti & M.T.Vendelø Index

O autorze

VOLKER MAHNKE (PhD) is Associate Professor of Innovation and Strategy at the Copenhagen Business School. His areas of special interest include international business, inter- and intra-firm learning, and the economics of international strategy and IT-markets. His research has appeared in several international journals. In addition to his academic work, he consults with major companies in the area of innovation and international strategy.

TORBEN PEDERSEN is Professor of International Business at Copenhagen Business School'. He has published over 40 articles and books concerning the managerial and strategic aspects of multinational companies (MNCs). His most recent work deals with the organization of MNCs with a focus on the mechanism that facilitates internal transfer of knowledge in MNCs and the learning associated with the internationalization process of firms. His research has appeared in journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies and International Review of Law and Economics, and he currently serves as web-editor of Journal of International Business Studies.