Technology transfer and the internationalization process of the emerging market firm: a case study of the acquisition of Volvo Car Corporation by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group

Claes G. Alvstam and Inge Ivarsson

Chapter 8 in Innovative Capabilities and the Globalization of Chinese Firms, 2020, pp 129-143 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: In Chapter 8, Alvstam and Ivarsson (2020) analyze the process of knowledge and technology transfer within an acquired firm, after acquisition by a Chinese multinational firm. The empirical case study is taken from the acquisition in 2010 of Volvo Car Corporation by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group. The process of knowledge transfer between Volvo Car and Geely Group include many different aspects. The chapter provides details of this knowledge transfer, through integrated greenfield plants, collaboration in a new engine plant, coordination and co-operation at supply-systems, integration of management and engineering resources, joint R&D ventures, as well as development based on a joint platform Compact Module Architecture (CMA). The chapter argues these are the aspects are used by the Geely Group, in order to gradually upgrade their process, product, functional and production capacity, and thereby achieve an upgrading in the global value chain.

Keywords: Asian Studies; Business and Management; Economics and Finance; Geography; Innovations and Technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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