How does successive inpatriation contribute to subsidiary capability building and subsidiary evolution? An organizational knowledge creation perspective

Kim, Heejin; Reiche, B. Sebastian; Harzing, Anne‐Wil

doi:10.1057/s41267-021-00494-3

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“…This theme persisted in 2022 with conceptualizing knowledge transfer impact initiated by inpatriates on subsidiary performance (Kim et al ., 2022) and HR's role in preparing expatriates to optimize this knowledge transfer (Peltokorpi et al ., 2022). In addition, expatriates' international training has been investigated from the novel perspective of MNCs hosted in emerging economies (Patel et al ., 2022).…”

Section: Narrative Reviewmentioning

confidence: 97%

The evolving field of global mobility: responses to global volatility (2013–2022)

Ridgway

Langinier

2023

JGM

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PurposeA decade has passed since Dabic et al. (2015) published a systematic review of the evolution of the expatriate literature from 1970 to 2012. Moreover, the past five years have been turbulent, with many global crises affecting organizational approaches to the global movement of people, particularly expatriate workers. Thus, this article seeks to understand how global mobility has continued to evolve during such turbulence and propose avenues for future research.Design/methodology/approachIn this study, the authors undertook a constructive replication (Köhler and Cortina, 2021) of the systematic literature review conducted by Dabic et al. (2015), informed by guidelines offered by Donthu et al. (2021) for the period 2013 to 2022. The authors conducted a performance analysis of 1,517 academic articles about expatriates and broader globally mobile workers. Additionally, the authors analyzed all expatriate-related special issues published in the past decade and provide a narrative review of seminal works from the past five years.FindingsThe expatriation field has grown exponentially; greater attention has been paid to contextualizing research, particularly concerning emerging markets, although the field remains Western-dominant. This analysis stresses the increasingly strategic nature of expatriation at a time when global staffing has become dramatically challenging. Thus, this review highlights the need for more interdisciplinarity at different levels between expatriation and the field of strategy. The authors argue the need for a multifaceted understanding of the expatriation experience.Originality/valueThe authors offer a constructive replication of a bibliometric literature review extended by a narrative analysis to complement a critical perspective on a large set of bibliographic data on the broad subject of expatriation. This addition offers an integrated view of the different themes identified by the bibliometric analysis and paves the way for future replication studies to examine how fields evolve.

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Section: Narrative Reviewmentioning

confidence: 97%

The evolving field of global mobility: responses to global volatility (2013–2022)

Ridgway

Langinier

2023

JGM

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“…A cooperative interorganizational culture is also an important factor in disseminating knowledge within international manufacturing networks (Szász, Rácz, Scherrer, & Deflorin, 2019). As so, cultural contexts are important for knowledge transfers (Kim et al, 2022). Therefore, cultural proximity between a source and receiver affects the relationship between the source’s disseminative capacity and the supplier’s learning, and between absorptive capacity and the supplier’s learning.…”

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Knowledge transfer based on disseminative capacity, absorptive capacity, and learning: a comparative study between Brazil and Germany

Sousa¹,

Castro

Gohr

et al. 2023

TLO

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Purpose This study aims to assess suppliers’ learning from knowledge transfers with a global truck manufacturer, considering both source and supplier capacity, and the cultural proximity between the parties. Design/methodology/approach A case study was conducted between two factories, one in Brazil and one in Germany. This study adopted a mixed-method sequential explanatory approach, which involves a quantitative phase followed by a qualitative one to provide a better understanding of the studied phenomenon. Quantitative data were collected from the automaker’s suppliers in both countries and analyzed using factor and inferential analyses. Qualitative data were obtained from the automaker’s purchasing executives, and from the company’s suppliers in both countries. Content analysis was used to analyze data. Findings Results suggest that both the source’s disseminative capacity and suppliers’ absorptive capacity had a positive effect on suppliers’ learning during knowledge transfers. The study also found out that cultural proximity among parties positively moderates the relationship between suppliers’ absorptive capacity and their learning. However, cultural proximity does not moderate the relationship between a source’s disseminative capacity and supplier learning. Practical implications This study’s findings are important to foster knowledge transfers by developing absorptive and disseminative capabilities in the automakers industry, in which the implementation of interorganizational learning is quite challenging due to the large number of strategic providers. Originality/value This study contributes to theoretical and conceptual consolidation of knowledge transfer, which includes cultural proximity among parties and the source’s and supplier’s disseminative and absorptive capacities, respectively. This study constructs and validates a model of knowledge transfer using a large automaker with a worldwide presence.

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“…The subsidiary’s strategic success path represents a journey of continual upgrading of its capabilities to source and transform knowledge for valuable product innovation. In so doing, the subsidiary can assume an advanced subsidiary role that it earns as an evolutionary consequence of these upgraded knowledge capabilities (Birkinshaw and Hood, 1998; Kim et al , 2022). The ascension to an exalted position at a strategic apex as a competence creator, with a track record in delivery of valuable innovation for the MNE, firmly establishes its corporate network importance and strengthens its internal network position (Birkinshaw and Hood, 1998; Delany, 2000; Asakawa, 2001; Cantwell and Mudambi, 2005).…”

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The subsidiary strategising process for a competence-creating role

O'Riordan,

Ryan,

Andersson

2023

MBR

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Purpose The authors’ contention in this paper is that the expression of subsidiary strategy in IB literature has become fragmented and incomplete. Therefore, this study aims to propose a rethink on how IB scholarship approaches the important issue of subsidiary strategy by holistically examining the discrete and integrated set of activities, choices and decisions that constitute the subsidiary strategy process for, in this context, assuming a competence-creating role within the multinational enterprise (MNE). Design/methodology/approach A conceptual model is designed to illustrate the holistic process of subsidiary strategy from assigned to assumed role and how a subsidiary can navigate a pathway to elevated performance and survival. Findings The paper identifies the key integrated elements that constitute a holistic strategic process that can enhance a subsidiary’s standing within the MNE and maximise its survival prospects. Research limitations/implications Particular focus is placed on subsidiaries that strategise to advance their internal corporate role to competence creator via upgraded knowledge capabilities. Originality/value This paper offers a roadmap for IB scholars to contribute to a future discourse around the subsidiary strategy process for assuming a competence-creating role.

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How does successive inpatriation contribute to subsidiary capability building and subsidiary evolution? An organizational knowledge creation perspective

Cited by 11 publications

References 96 publications

The evolving field of global mobility: responses to global volatility (2013–2022)

The evolving field of global mobility: responses to global volatility (2013–2022)

Knowledge transfer based on disseminative capacity, absorptive capacity, and learning: a comparative study between Brazil and Germany

The subsidiary strategising process for a competence-creating role

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