Knowledge Accumulation and Transfer in Multinational Chinese Family Businesses

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Although there is a significant and growing body of literature concerning knowledge accumulation and knowledge transfer in multinational companies (MNCs, henceforth), it focuses mainly on MNCs from developed economies, viz. Triad countries. Little research has been carried out to examine the way in which knowledge is accumulated and transferred in MNCs originating in newly industrialised economies (NIEs, henceforth), in particular those from Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan. This view is, to a great extent, supported by a few researchers (e.g. Quer et al., 2007) who claim that extant research on knowledge management in Asia Pacific firms still remains in a nascent stage (Lu et al., 2008). This paper attempts to uncover the mechanism of knowledge accumulation and knowledge transfer in order to elucidate certain issues in relation to knowledge management in the context of large multinational Chinese Family Businesses (CFBs, henceforth). The empirical research was conducted in four Taiwanese-owned multinational CFBs in both headquarters (HQs, henceforth) and their overseas affiliates in Asia (Japan and People's Republic of China) and Europe (the UK and the Netherlands). Findings of the empirical research revealed the way in which family members, members of the inner circle, universities and research centres and foreign MNCs affect knowledge accumulation and knowledge transfer in multinational CFBs.
経営行動科学学会の論文
2008-12-31