Knowledge transfer and expatriation practices in MNCs

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dc.contributor.author	Minbaeva, Dana	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Michailova, Snejina	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-02-04T10:26:41Z
dc.date.available	2009-02-04T10:26:41Z
dc.date.issued	2004-01-21T00:00:00Z	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7295
dc.description.abstract	There is a limited amount of studies, which investigate how different managerial practices may influence the behavior of knowledge senders in multinational corporations (MNCs). This paper addresses this gap by looking at whether and how certain expatriation practices can enhance a) the ability and b) the willingness of expatriates to transfer the knowledge they possess from the headquarters to the respective subsidiaries. By stepping on two bodies of literature, namely the knowledge transfer literature and the expatriation literature, we suggest that MNCs may enhance the expatriates’ willingness to transfer their knowledge through the employment of long-term expatriation practices. Expatriates’ ability to transfer knowledge may be increased through their involvement in short-term assignments, frequent flyers arrangements and international commuters practices. We test empirically the hypotheses on the basis of data from 92 subsidiaries of Danish MNCs located in 11 countries. Key words: knowledge transfer, MNC, expatriation, dissemination capacity	en_US
dc.format.extent	32 s.	en_US
dc.language	eng	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	CKG Working Paper;2003-13	en_US
dc.subject.other	multinationale selskaber	en_US
dc.subject.other	videnoverførsel	en_US
dc.subject.other	udstationering	en_US
dc.subject.other	danmark	en_US
dc.subject.other	datterselskaber	en_US
dc.title	Knowledge transfer and expatriation practices in MNCs	en_US
dc.type	wp	en_US
dc.accessionstatus	modt04jan21 mielmo	en_US
dc.contributor.corporation	Copenhagen Business School. CBS	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Institut for International Økonomi og Virksomhedsledelse	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Center for East European Studies
dc.contributor.departmentshort	INT
dc.contributor.departmentshort	CEES
dc.contributor.departmentuk	Department of International Economics and Management	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentuk	Center for East European Studies	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentukshort	INT
dc.contributor.departmentukshort	CEES
dc.idnumber	x656378629	en_US
dc.publisher.city	København	en_US
dc.publisher.year	2003	en_US
dc.title.subtitle	the role of disseminative capacity	en_US