| Journal: | BAR - Brazilian Administration Review |
| Database: | CLASE |
| System number: | 000335358 |
| ISSN: | 1807-7692 |
| Authors: | Schreiber, Dusan1 Vilela-Junior, Dalton Chaves2 Vargas, Lilia Maria3 Macada, Antonio Carlos Gastaud3 |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade Feevale, Novo Hamburgo, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil 2Fundacao Centro de Analise, Pesquisa e Inovacao Tecnologica, Sao Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil 3Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Season: | Jul-Sep |
| Volumen: | 8 |
| Number: | 3 |
| Pages: | 288-304 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| English abstract | Several studies about knowledge transfer in multinational corporations have found that the process is influenced by factors such as absorptive capacity, tacit knowledge and power relations, all of which impact knowledge sharing strategies between corporate headquarters and foreign subsidiaries. A multiple case study of Brazilian subsidiaries of three multinational corporations using in-depth interviews, based on a conceptual model consisting of four propositions, was conducted to identify factors linked to the knowledge transfer process and to assess their influence on that transfer. The first proposition tries to assess explicit knowledge, primarily through the use of IT tools; the second analyzes the role of the subsidiary within the corporate network and how it influences the degree of knowledge sharing. The third assesses the influence of subsidiary absorptive capacity and the fourth analyzes the impact of worker exchange programs on knowledge sharing between headquarters and foreign subsidiaries. Study results confirm the four propositions and enable the identification of relationships between factors, especially explicit knowledge and worker expatriation as complementary factors in knowledge transfer strategies |
| Disciplines: | Administración y contaduría, Economía |
| Keyword: | Mercadotecnia, Empresas, Transferencia de conocimiento, Desarrollo de productos, Trasnacionales, Subsidiarias, Brasil |
| Full text: | Texto completo (Ver PDF) |
