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Knowledge Flows, Governance and the Multinational Enterprise

Frontiers in International Management Research

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  • © 2004

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Editors:
  1. Volker Mahnke
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  2. Torben Pedersen
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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Fundamental Perspectives on Knowledge Governance

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Knowledge Governance and Value Creation

      • Volker Mahnke, Torben Pedersen
      Pages 3-17

    3. The Use of Network Theory in MNC Research

      • Mats Forsgren
      Pages 18-37

    4. Multinational Enterprises and Competence-Creating Knowledge Flows: A Theoretical Analysis

      • John A. Cantwell, Ram Mudambi
      Pages 38-57

  3. Governing External Knowledge Relations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 59-59
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    2. Do Good Threats Make Good Neighbours? Social Dilemmas in MNC Networks

      • Margit Osterloh, Antoinette Weibel
      Pages 61-80

    3. Learning across Borders: Organizational Learning and International Alliances

      • Marjorie A. Lyles, Charles Dhanaraj
      Pages 81-107

    4. Learning versus Protection in Inter-Firm Alliances: A False Dichotomy

      • Joanne E. Oxley
      Pages 108-129

    5. Relationship Dynamics: Developing Business Relationships and Creating Value

      • Ulf Andersson, Benjamin StÃ¥hl
      Pages 130-148

  4. Governing Internal Knowledge Relations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 149-149
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    2. Identifying Leading-Edge Market Knowledge in Multinational Corporations

      • Niklas Arvidsson, Julian Birkinshaw
      Pages 151-176

    3. Knowledge Flows in International Services Firms: A Conceptual Model

      • Valerie J. Lindsay, Doren Chadee, Jan Mattsson, Robert Johnston
      Pages 177-194

    4. The Dilemmas of MNC Subsidiary Transfer of Knowledge

      • Jens Gammelgaard, Ulf Holm, Torben Pedersen
      Pages 195-207

  5. Knowledge Governance and Business Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-209
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    2. Governing MNC Entry in Regional Knowledge Clusters

      • Mark Lorenzen, Volker Mahnke
      Pages 211-225

    3. Learning and Networking in Foreign-Market Entry of Service Firms

      • Anders Blomstermo, D. Deo Sharma
      Pages 226-248

    4. Plumbing and Plugging-In: Networking by Venture Capitalists in Europe and the USA

      • Anna Gatti, Morten Thanning Vendelø
      Pages 249-268

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 269-293
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About this book

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 relevant trade-offs? How do sets of governance mechanisms respond to problems of cognition and incentives?

About the authors

VOLKER MAHNKE (PhD) is Associate Professor of Innovation and Strategy at the Copenhagen Business School. His areas of special interest include international business, inter- and intra-firm learning, and the economics of international strategy and IT-markets. His research has appeared in several international journals. In addition to his academic work, he consults with major companies in the area of innovation and international strategy.

TORBEN PEDERSEN is Professor of International Business at Copenhagen Business School'. He has published over 40 articles and books concerning the managerial and strategic aspects of multinational companies (MNCs). His most recent work deals with the organization of MNCs with a focus on the mechanism that facilitates internal transfer of knowledge in MNCs and the learning associated with the internationalization process of firms. His research has appeared in journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies and International Review of Law and Economics, and he currently serves as web-editor of Journal of International Business Studies.

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