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Article: Relational mechanisms, formal contracts, and local knowledge acquisition by international subsidiaries
Title | Relational mechanisms, formal contracts, and local knowledge acquisition by international subsidiaries |
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Authors | |
Keywords | China Contracts International subsidiaries Knowledge Shared goals Ties Trust |
Issue Date | 2010 |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0143-2095 |
Citation | Strategic Management Journal, 2010, v. 31 n. 4, p. 349-370 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This research focuses on relational and contractual mechanisms and examines their impact on foreign subsidiaries' acquisition of tacit and explicit knowledge from local suppliers. Using survey data from 168 foreign subsidiaries operating in China, this study finds broad support for the proposed analytical framework. When the foreign subsidiary and supplier share common goals, the foreign subsidiary acquires greater levels of both explicit and tacit knowledge; trust between the two parties promotes the acquisition of greater levels of tacit than explicit knowledge. However, access to the local supplier network through the focal supplier enables the foreign subsidiary to acquire greater levels of explicit but not tacit knowledge. Formal contracts play a complementary role in knowledge acquisition: contracts enhance the acquisition of explicit knowledge and further strengthen the effects of relational mechanisms on tacit and explicit knowledge acquisition. Overall, these findings provide important implications for foreign subsidiaries regarding how to acquire local knowledge in host countries through both formal and informal mechanisms. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/90573 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 6.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 7.820 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Li, JJ | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Poppo, L | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Zhou, KZ | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-09-17T02:41:10Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-09-17T02:41:10Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Strategic Management Journal, 2010, v. 31 n. 4, p. 349-370 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 0143-2095 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/90573 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This research focuses on relational and contractual mechanisms and examines their impact on foreign subsidiaries' acquisition of tacit and explicit knowledge from local suppliers. Using survey data from 168 foreign subsidiaries operating in China, this study finds broad support for the proposed analytical framework. When the foreign subsidiary and supplier share common goals, the foreign subsidiary acquires greater levels of both explicit and tacit knowledge; trust between the two parties promotes the acquisition of greater levels of tacit than explicit knowledge. However, access to the local supplier network through the focal supplier enables the foreign subsidiary to acquire greater levels of explicit but not tacit knowledge. Formal contracts play a complementary role in knowledge acquisition: contracts enhance the acquisition of explicit knowledge and further strengthen the effects of relational mechanisms on tacit and explicit knowledge acquisition. Overall, these findings provide important implications for foreign subsidiaries regarding how to acquire local knowledge in host countries through both formal and informal mechanisms. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. | en_HK |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/0143-2095 | en_HK |
dc.relation.ispartof | Strategic Management Journal | en_HK |
dc.rights | Strategic Management Journal. Copyright © John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | - |
dc.subject | China | en_HK |
dc.subject | Contracts | en_HK |
dc.subject | International subsidiaries | en_HK |
dc.subject | Knowledge | en_HK |
dc.subject | Shared goals | en_HK |
dc.subject | Ties | en_HK |
dc.subject | Trust | en_HK |
dc.title | Relational mechanisms, formal contracts, and local knowledge acquisition by international subsidiaries | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.openurl | http://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=0143-2095&volume=31&issue=4&spage=349–370&epage=&date=2010&atitle=Relational+mechanisms,+formal+contracts,+and+local+knowledge+acquisition+by+international+subsidiaries | - |
dc.identifier.email | Zhou, KZ: kevinz@hkucc.hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Zhou, KZ=rp01127 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/smj.813 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-77952085959 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 171279 | - |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-77952085959&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 31 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issue | 4 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.spage | 349 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.epage | 370 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1097-0266 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000275386700001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Li, JJ=9434943800 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Poppo, L=6508060826 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Zhou, KZ=7202914654 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citeulike | 6658274 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0143-2095 | - |