Knowledge Management Mechanisms at MNCs and the Enhancing Effect of Absorptive Capacity
| Autor: | Livia Lopes Barakat |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | AIB Insights. 22 |
| ISSN: | 1938-9604 1938-9590 |
| DOI: | 10.46697/001c.38310 |
| Popis: | Knowledge management has a pivotal role in innovation processes and on firms’ competitiveness. In order to generate innovations, firms may access knowledge from different sources, including their internal and external environments. However, to fully assimilate such knowledge and apply it to commercial ends, firms need absorptive capacity (AC). AC is particularly important for multinational corporations (MNCs), as they face several learning challenges arising from increased global competition as well as geographic, institutional, and cultural differences. With this in mind, my dissertation explores the relationship between knowledge management mechanisms and innovation and performance outcomes as well as the enabling role of absorptive capacity in such relationships. The findings show that MNC managers can use different mechanisms for souring, transferring, and applying knowledge, which increase the firm´s ability to absorb knowledge and, in turn, lead to product and/or process innovation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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