A Network Perspective on Inter-Organizational Transfer of R&D Capabilities: A Study of International Joint Ventures in Chinese Automobile Industry

Zheng Zhao, Jaideep Anand and Will Mitchell

No 362, William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series from William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Abstract: Multinational enterprises' transfer of R&D capabilities to their international joint ventures in the less developed countries has been an emerging phenomenon. The purpose of this study is to understand the transfer of R&D capabilities between organizations embedded in drastically different organizational contexts using a network perspective. We identified different networks involved in the R&D capability transfer process from the perspectives of source organization, recipient organization and the interface between them, and analyzed the impact of different attributes of these networks on the effectiveness of R&D capability transfer, based on the notion that R&D capabilities are largely collective knowledge.

Keywords: R&D capabilities; networks; international knowledge transfer; joint ventures; collective knowledge (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2001-02-01
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