JAPANESE SUBSIDIARIES IN AUSTRALIA: WORK PRACTICES AND SUBCONTRACTING RELATIONS AS LEARNING MECHANISM

Stephen Nicholas () and William Purcell
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Stephen Nicholas: Australian Centre for International of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3101, Australia
William Purcell: University of New South Wales and Nagoya University, Australia

The Singapore Economic Review (SER), 2001, vol. 46, issue 01, 119-139

Abstract: This paper tests whether Japanese subsidiaries in Australia were learning organisations. Two strands of MNE theory are presented: dynamic capability and organisational learning models. Japanese MNEs transferred both work and subcontracting practices to their Australian subsidiaries. Statistical tests showed that there were no significant deepening in work practices or subcontracting relationships between 1993 and 1997. Our tests also revealed no long-term learning, measured by changes in work practices and subcontracting relationships for firms who had operated in Australia for more than 10 and less than 10 years. The paper advances explanations of the absence of short-term and long-term learning.

Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1142/S0217590801000255

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