Knowledge Flows, Governance and the Multinational Enterprise : Frontiers in International Management Research

by Mahnke, Volker; Pedersen, Torben

• ISBN13: 9781403933119
• ISBN10: 1403933111
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-03
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This book contributes to the understanding of Knowledge Governance in the Multinational Corporation. Intra-firm and inter-firm processes of knowledge creation, sharing and exploitation have attracted increasingly managerial and scholarly interest. However the relation between particular knowledge processes, determinants of organizational choices, governance mechanisms, their relevant costs and benefits, and associated strategic advantages remain less well understood. To address these challenges, this book gives answers to the following questions. What are key challenges of governing knowledge in the multinational corporation? How do contingencies influence relavent trade-offs? How do sets of governance mechanisms respond to problems of cognition and incentives?

Author Biography

Volker Mahnke is Associate Professor of Innovation and Strategy at the Copenhagen Business School.

Torben Pedersen is Professor of International Business at Copenhagen Business School.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
List of Tables	viii
List of Contributors	ix
Part I Fundamental Perspectives on Knowledge Governance
Knowledge Governance and Value Creation	3	(15)
Volker Mahnke
Torben Pedersen
The Use of Network Theory in MNC Research	18	(20)
Mats Forsgren
Multinational Enterprises and Competence-Creating Knowledge Flows: A Theoretical Analysis	38	(23)
John A. Cantwell
Ram Mudambi
Part II Governing External Knowledge Relations
Do Good Threats Make Good Neighbours? Social Dilemmas in MNC Networks	61	(20)
Margit Osterloh
Antoinette Weibel
Learning across Borders: Organizational Learning and International Alliances	81	(27)
Marjorie A. Lyles
Charles Dhanaraj
Learning versus Protection in Inter-Firm Alliances: A False Dichotomy	108	(22)
Joanne E. Oxley
Relationship Dynamics: Developing Business Relationships and Creating Value	130	(21)
Ulf Andersson
Benjamin Stahl
Part III Governing Internal Knowledge Relations
Identifying Leading-Edge Market Knowledge in Multinational Corporations	151	(26)
Niklas Arvidsson
Julian Birkinshaw
Knowledge Flows in International Services Firms: A Conceptual Model	177	(18)
Valerie J. Lindsay
Doren Chadee
Jan Mattsson
Robert Johnston
The Dilemmas of MNC Subsidiary Transfer of Knowledge	195	(16)
Jens Gammelgaard
Ulf Holm
Torben Pedersen
Part IV Knowledge Governance and Business Development
Governing MNC Entry in Regional Knowledge Clusters	211	(15)
Mark Lorenzen
Volker Mahnke
Learning and Networking in Foreign-Market Entry of Service Firms	226	(23)
Anders Blomstermo
D. Deo Sharma
Plumbing and Plugging-In: Networking by Venture Capitalists in Europe and the USA	249	(20)
Anna Gatti
Morten Thanning Vendelø
Index	269