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Dissertation
Vertical knowledge transfer from multinational enterprises (mnes) to chinese supplier firms : an explorative study
2006
Overview
This research investigates the vertical knowledge transfer from Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) to their indigenous Chinese suppliers. By adopting a qualitative processual methodology, data from interview-based case studies is used to examine how the vertical supply relationship develops over time and the evolution of the knowledge transfer embedded within it. The research yielded the following research findings: An evolutionary pathway for the relationship development with three interconnected sequential stages are identified, in which MNE customers’ evolving expectations and evaluations, and the supplier firms’ response and commitment, jointly move the relationship up through each of the sequential phases. Japanese MNEs are found to have different attitude and approach in transfer knowledge to their indigenous supplier firms from Non-Japanese MNEs. The difference is significant in the initiating stage of the relationship and decreases over time. The transfer of knowledge in the relationships evolves from explicit knowledge to tacit knowledge and from technological knowledge to managerial knowledge. Generally, most supplier firms learn more managerial and operational techniques than products technology from their MNE customers. SOEs and POEs demonstrate different knowledge levels (KL) and knowledge efficiencies (KE) due to their differing abilities to attract financial support, different organizational incentive structures and correspondingly divergent endogenous development paths. Empirical contributions lie in that it is one of the first systematic investigations on MNE’s vertical knowledge spillover in China. Practical implications for both firms and policymakers are also generated built upon the empirical findings. The research also advances our understanding about some important theoretical issues of transaction cost economics.
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ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
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