 The transfer of knowledge within MNEs: a case study applied to subsidiaries operating overseasJose Moleiro Martins and Nelson Santos Antonio International Journal of Business Performance Management, 2011, vol. 12, issue 3, 242-259 Abstract: Business opportunities in Southern Africa have created an increasing interest on the part of foreign investors in markets like, for instance, the Mozambican market. This fact justifies getting a better understanding of the phenomenon of knowledge transfer to the Mozambican subsidiaries. We have studied three successful cases of companies with activities in the industrial sector. The information we have obtained indicates that the efficient transfer of knowledge from the MNE headquarters is the result of: 1) the assimilation of knowledge; 2) the scope of the transferred knowledge; 3) the improvement of performance on the part of the subsidiary, where the intervention of the expatriates who know the African reality is of fundamental importance for overcoming the difficulties that are felt locally, by means of the creation of an atmosphere of trust that motivates the individuals to acquire, assimilate and exploit the new knowledge on the local market. Keywords: knowledge transfer; subsidiaries; absorptive capacity; culture; multinational enterprises; MNEs; business performance; Mozambique; knowledge assimilation; local markets. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijbpma:v:12:y:2011:i:3:p:242-259 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Business Performance Management from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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