Transferring individuals who possess relevant knowledge from one organizational unit to another – a form of resource redeployment – may help to overcome impediments to knowledge transfer. Despite the promise of this mechanism, which often occurs through intra-firm geographic mobility,...

This paper contributes to the growing stream of research on knowledge gathering in the internationalization process of international new ventures (INVs), as well as their networking activities. It identifies two dimensions describing the network knowledge-gathering approaches: 1) relationship...

Vorliegendes Dokument beschäftigt sich mit mit dem Programmbereich "Lernen im Prozess der Arbeit" (LiPA). Dieser bildet eine Säulen im Forschungs- und Entwicklungsprogramm "Lernkultur Kompetenzentwicklung" des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Wissenschaft.

Vorliegender Aufsatz erläutert Aspekte, welche für die Lernkultur eines Unternehmens Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und Überlebenschancen sichern.

In den letzten Jahren hat sich in der betrieblichen Praxis das Leitbild vom lernenden Unternehmen in großer Breite durchgesetzt. Es orientiert darauf, dass ein Unternehmen (und nicht nur das Management oder die Beschäftigten) lernen muss, wenn es auf die raschen Veränderungen des Marktes und...

This paper illustrates subsidiary evolution in a transition economy through the development of a multinational company’s Russian subsidiary. Building on the concept of subsidiary evolution, we analyze how knowledge transfer from headquarters and application of the subsidiary management’s...

The beneficial effects of innovation for firms' performance and competitiveness are well documented, but it has been suggested in recent years that innovation regimes differ between advanced and emerging economies. While advanced economies rely on knowledge generation, their emerging...

The aim of this study is to inspect differences in internationalisation level of firms from a transitional economy based on their innovation outcomes, open innovation and organisational learning practices. Results indicate that firms with lower internationalisation level owe their innovation...

This paper sheds light on factors influencing to what extent MNCs are able to implement a global environmental strategy. We apply the concept of absorptive capacity to analyze what role the uptake and integration of external knowledge playsin implementing an environmental strategy and propose to...