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- Title
Knowledge Management and Involvement in Innovations in MNC Subsidiaries.
- Authors
Johnston, Stewart; Paladino, Angela
- Abstract
• This study investigates Penrose's analysis of the relationship between resources (especially knowledge), management of those resources and innovation in a sample of 313 Australian subsidiaries of foreign-owned multinational corporations (MNCs). • The frequency of use of knowledge management (KM) techniques by subsidiaries tended to be associated with factors internal to the MNC/subsidiary such as MNC size, level of technology and extent of communications networks. • The subsidiary's involvement in the MNC's innovations network tended to be associated with external factors such as the innovativeness of the industry and degree of involvement with local organizations. • Nevertheless, in accordance with the expectations from the literature, there remained a significant association between frequency of use of KM techniques and involvement in the innovations network of the MNC.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; INTERNATIONAL business enterprises; PENROSE, Edith, 1914-1996; INFORMATION resources; INNOVATION adoption; SUBSIDIARY corporations; BUSINESS communication; BUSINESS planning; BUSINESS enterprises
- Publication
Management International Review (MIR), 2007, Vol 47, Issue 2, p281
- ISSN
0938-8249
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11575-007-0016-2