Increasing Absorptive Capacity to Improve Internal and External Knowledge Transfer in Multinational Companies: A Multiple Case Study Approach

This study investigates how the absorptive capacity could be increased to improve internal and external knowledge transfer in subsidiaries of multinational companies. We look at the way in which the literature on absorptive capacity has evolved, and how it links the internal and external knowledge t...

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Published in:Management and Economics Review 2016-12, Vol.1 (2), p.120-135
Main Authors: RÁCZ, Béla-Gergely, Borza, Anca
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorptive capacity
Disseminative capacity
Economy
External knowledge transfer
Internal knowledge transfer
Manufacturing network
Multinational company
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Summary:This study investigates how the absorptive capacity could be increased to improve internal and external knowledge transfer in subsidiaries of multinational companies. We look at the way in which the literature on absorptive capacity has evolved, and how it links the internal and external knowledge transfer. Based on 3 case studies conducted at Romanian subsidiaries of multinational companies, we find some patterns, which could explain how the successful knowledge flows should be managed within the multinational company and outside of it, in the supply chain network.
ISSN:2501-885X
2501-885X