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Title:
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The impact of knowledge management on MNC subsidiary performance
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the role of absorptive capacity |
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Author:
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Mahnke, Volker; Pedersen, Torben; Venzin, Markus |
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Abstract:
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Empirical studies on the impact of knowledge management on the performance of MNC
subsidiaries remain elusive to date. This study examines the effect of knowledge
management tools such as corporate university, communities of practice, group
benchmarking, learning systems and rewards upon absorptive capacity and performance
with unique data from subsidiary units in a large German MNC – Heidelberger Cement.
The findings suggest that knowledge management tools unfold their performance
impact through their significant influence on absorptive capacity and knowledge
inflows. The key contributions to the current literature on knowledge flows in the MNC
include an empirically corroborated link between deployments of knowledge
management tools and their impact on the subsidiary employee’s ability and motivation
to learn from internal knowledge flows in the MNC as well as their impact on
subsidiary business performance. |
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URI:
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http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6495
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Date:
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2003-12-10 |
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