Li, Shenxue, Easterby-Smith, Mark, Lyles, Marjorie A., Clark, Timothy (2016) Tapping the power of local knowledge: A local-global interactive perspective. Journal of World Business, 51 (4). pp. 641-653. ISSN 1090-9516. (doi:10.1016/j.jwb.2016.04.001) (KAR id:55162)
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Abstract
Existing theories of international business and strategy do not fully explain how local knowledge disadvantage faced by foreign investors can be mitigated. We conducted an in-depth qualitative study into four MNCs to investigate the micro-processes of how they generated value from their dispersed sources of local knowledge in China. The results suggest an interactive model: that MNCs employed management processes encompassing three strategically interconnected efforts – global knowledge penetration, local-global knowledge blending, and local-global knowledge integration. The model highlights the interplay between global and local knowledge and challenges extant research that solely focuses on the transfer of either home-based or local knowledge.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1016/j.jwb.2016.04.001 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Local knowledge, local knowledge disadvantage, local-global knowledge interaction, qualitative study, China |
Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5351 Business |
Divisions: | Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Leadership and Management |
Depositing User: | Shenxue Li |
Date Deposited: | 27 Apr 2016 10:01 UTC |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 10:43 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/55162 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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