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Network knowledge in international business / edited by Sarianna M. Lundan

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: New horizons in international business | Edward Elgar E-Book ArchivePublisher: Cheltenham ; Northampton, Mass : E. Elgar, 2002Description: 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 283 p) : illISBN:
  • 9781781950623
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: 1840648708 | 9781840648706 (hardback) | Erscheint auch als: 9781840648706 (hardback) Druck-Ausgabe | Elektronische Reproduktion von: Network knowledge in international business. Cheltenham [u.a.] : Elgar, 2002. XVIII, 283 S.DDC classification:
  • 658.4/038 21
RVK: RVK: QP 345LOC classification:
  • HD62.4
DOI: DOI: 10.4337/9781781950623Online resources: Summary: This book focuses on current cutting-edge research concerning the increasing strategic importance of subsidiary networks to the multinational firm. It combines contributions from three major related areas of inquiry: the changing theoretical conception of networks and the structure of the multinational firm, the importance of spillovers and agglomeration economies related to multinational investments, and the management of the flow of information and knowledge from headquarters to subsidiaries and vice versaSummary: 1. Introduction / Sarianna M. Lundan -- 2. From value chain to value networks : towards a new strategic model / Xavier Lecocq, Sai͏̈d Yami -- 3. Strategic knowledge management : a new research agenda / Bo Bernhard Nielsen -- 4. The MNC as a network : a closer look at intra-organizational flows / Stefan Schmid, Andreas Schurig, Michael Kutschker -- 5. On the dynamics and coexistence of multiple subsidiary roles : an investigation of multinational operations in the UK / Robert D. Pearce, Ana Teresa Tavares -- 6. Sources of subsidiary knowledge and knowledge transfer in MNCs / Nicolai J. Foss, Torben Pedersen -- 7. Subsidiary absorptive capacity, MNC headquarters' control strategies and transfer of subsidiary competencies / Ulf Andersson, Ingmar Björkman, Patrick Furu -- 8. Subsidiary decision-making autonomy : competences, integration and local responsiveness / Vitor Corado Simões, Rita Biscaya, Pedro Nevado -- 9. Patterns of R&D co-operation by European firms : cost-economizing vs. technology-seeking / Luis Miotti, Frédérique Sachwald -- 10. Competence accumulation and collaborative ventures : evidence from the largest European electronics firms and implications for EU technological policies / Marco Giarratana, Salvatore Torrisi -- 11. Exploring inward-outward linkages in firms' internationalization : a knowledge and network perspective / Lawrence S. Welch ... [et al.] -- 12. Accelerated internationalization from the periphery / John A. Mathews -- 13. The corporate supplier network within the European personal computer industry / Denise TsangPPN: PPN: 1023435055Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-1-EWE | ZDB-77-ECB | ZDB-77-EEC
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