Bridging the distance: Managing cross-border knowledge holders

Shenxue Li () and Hugh Scullion ()

Asia Pacific Journal of Management, 2006, vol. 23, issue 1, 92 pages

Abstract: This article examines the micro-level operational difficulties for multinational corporations (MNCs) to generate value from its highly geographically dispersed cross-border knowledge and studies the strategies for overcoming them. Using China as the research context, we identify key geographical, institutional and cultural features of cross-border knowledge holders and examine the dimensions of distance that separates them. We then link these dimensions to the conditions that facilitate cross-border knowledge building processes. In doing so, we propose a conceptual model for overcoming these context-specific knowledge management barriers. Copyright Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. 2006

Keywords: Cross-border knowledge management; Knowledge holders; Management barriers; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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