Knowledge and Organization in the Theory of the Multinational Corporation: Some Foundational Issues |
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Authors: | Nicolai J Foss |
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Institution: | (1) Center for Strategic Management and Globalization, Porcelainshaven 24, 2nd fl, 2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark |
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Abstract: | This paper addresses the interaction of knowledge and organization in IB research, particularly research on the MNC. The argument
is advanced that although the MNC literature is quite advanced with respect to its treatment of firm-level knowledge, several
closely connected problems remain. In particular, there has been an over-emphasis on knowledge flows and an under-emphasis
on knowledge stocks; the micro-foundations of MNC knowledge are unclear; and there is a no clear understanding of the causal
relations between knowledge stocks and flows and organizational control. A control theory approach that may resolve some of
these problems is then sketched. |
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Keywords: | control theory knowledge organizational control the MNC |
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