Determinants of reverse knowledge transfer for emerging market multinationals: the role of complexity, autonomy and embeddedness

Silveira, Franciane Freitas; Sbragia, Roberto; Lopez‐Vega, Henry; Tell, Fredrik

doi:10.1016/j.rausp.2016.12.007

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“…The period from 2016 to 2018 saw the greatest number of publications so far. In fact, the period from 2016 to 2018 is just the time when scholars discussed about benefits of RKT for parent firms (Nair et al , 2018) and RKT in emerging economy context is attracting scholars’ attention during that period (Nair et al , 2016; Silveira et al , 2017; Fu et al , 2018). Now, focus is shifting from organization to individuals; and some recent studies also have discussed the role of expatriates in RKT (Kong et al , 2018; Sanchez-Vidal et al , 2018).…”

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Reverse knowledge transfer: making sense of two decades of academic research

Singh

Pandey

Gupta

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PurposeThis study aims to synthesize extant literature on the concept of reverse knowledge transfer (RKT) built up over the past two decades with the help of bibliometric analyssis and also to suggest promising new areas for research in this field.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopts a literature review methodology combined with bibliometric and network analysis based on 117 papers identified from the Scopus database. In particular, this study has tried to identify and capture themes not previously fully captured or evaluated by other reviews on this topic.FindingsThe authors have identified research themes and research gaps in the area of RKT. Overall, the review shows the main outlets that have published papers on RKT and the theoretical background this research is built on. This study exhibits core themes in this area that have persisted and grown consistently such as the subsidiary’s role in RKT. In addition, the review highlights less researched themes such as role of boundary spanning in RKT, which open exciting avenues for new research opportunities.Research limitations/implicationsThis study finds that RKT research has experienced remarkable growth from a complete viewpoint in recent years. There was a surge in publications in the area from 2008 onwards, and many of its influential papers seemed to have been published between 2013 and 2018. Prominent themes in this body of research have been identified and potential for future studies has been explored.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to map, synthesize and discuss the literature concerning RKT.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reverse knowledge transfer: making sense of two decades of academic research

Singh

Pandey

Gupta

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“…However, as the initial subsidiary gains business experience, it becomes able to assist headquarters and other overseas subsidiaries (Frost et al 2002). As a result, the initial subsidiary ends up transferring technological knowledge to its headquarters (Frost and Zhou 2005;Nobel 2000, 2001;Kogut and de Mello 2017;McGuinness et al 2013;Silveira et al 2017;Subramaniam and Venkatraman 2001;Yang et al 2008) or fellow subsidiaries in other countries and regions (Gupta and Govindarajan 2000;Hansen 1999Hansen , 2002Schulz 2001;Tsai 2001).…”

Section: International Horizontal Transfermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The transfer of technological knowledge from an overseas subsidiary to its headquarters is usually called "reverse" transfer (Frost and Zhou 2005;Nobel 2000, 2001;Kogut and de Mello 2017;McGuinness et al 2013;Silveira et al 2017;Yang et al 2008), and the transfer of technological knowledge from an overseas subsidiary to a fellow subsidiary in another country is called "international horizontal" transfer or "horizontal" transfer (Hansen 1999(Hansen , 2002Schulz 2001). This study aims to confirm the effects of learning by teaching on various such transfers of technological knowledge in MNCs, whereby students acquire various skills by teaching others (Aslan 2015(Aslan , 2017Duran and Topping 2017).…”

Section: International Horizontal Transfermentioning

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Learning by teaching technological knowledge: conceptual skill development in Japanese overseas subsidiaries

Fujioka

Kambayashi

2022

SN Bus Econ

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In recent years, knowledge transfer studies have produced a great deal of knowledge on technology transfer in MNCs. However, these studies have focused exclusively on the effects on the recipients of knowledge and not on the effects on the suppliers of knowledge. To fill this research gap in previous studies, this study takes the concept of “learning by teaching” proposed in pedagogy as a clue and demonstrates for the first time the effects on the suppliers of technological knowledge. This study (1) sets the international horizontal transfer of production technology systems among overseas subsidiaries as the research object, (2) obtains original data from 391 Japanese multinational manufacturing subsidiaries through a mail questionnaire survey, and (3) analyses the data through multiple regression analysis and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The results revealed that overseas subsidiaries of MNCs can make their production technology systems explicit (making them easier to teach) through technical guidance and thereby develop the conceptual skills of their engineers and operators. The results of this study open up the possibility of developing theories on (1) updating the knowledge base at the supplier of knowledge and (2) building the relationship between the supplier and the teaching materials in knowledge transfer.

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“…Outro fator importante para a geração de conhecimento novo e inovação na rede da multinacional é a transferência de conhecimento que pode ser considerada um processo mediado por alto nível de interação social. Por isso, torna-se fundamental a construção de laços sociais entre matriz e subsidiárias, além do desenvolvimento de um clima organizacional de confiança mútua (Silveira, Sbragia, Lopez-Vega, & Tell, 2017).…”

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Inovação em subsidiárias de empresas multinacionais e a influência da matriz – um estudo de casos múltiplos

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Calegário

Luchesi

2019

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Essa pesquisa teve como objetivo principal analisar, por meio de um estudo de casos múltiplos, como o relacionamento entre matriz e subsidiária e como a atuação da própria matriz podem influenciar no desenvolvimento de inovações na subsidiária. Quatro empresas brasileiras de setores diferentes que foram adquiridas nos últimos dez anos por empresas multinacionais, provenientes da Alemanha e da França, se tornando subsidiárias, foram selecionadas como unidades-caso. A coleta de dados se deu por meio de pesquisa bibliográfica e documental e entrevistas em profundidade com gestores e proprietários das subsidiárias pesquisadas. Os dados foram analisados por meio de análise de conteúdo temática. Os resultados mostraram que os processos de aquisição que inseriram as empresas brasileiras nas redes das multinacionais se traduziram em benefícios para os dois lados, principalmente para as subsidiárias que após os processos de incorporação tiveram algum tipo de inovação desencadeado.

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Determinants of reverse knowledge transfer for emerging market multinationals: the role of complexity, autonomy and embeddedness

Cited by 9 publications

References 81 publications

Reverse knowledge transfer: making sense of two decades of academic research

Reverse knowledge transfer: making sense of two decades of academic research

Learning by teaching technological knowledge: conceptual skill development in Japanese overseas subsidiaries

Inovação em subsidiárias de empresas multinacionais e a influência da matriz – um estudo de casos múltiplos

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