Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to the link between knowledge transfer flow and the location of a multinational corporation (MNC). Design/methodology/approach – The authors put forward a conceptual approach to formulate the mathematical modelling of a firm’s...

Purpose A multinational company (MNC) looking to locate within a cluster is mainly interested in gaining access to scarce and highly valuable tacit knowledge. The transfer of such resources first requires sharing a certain degree of architectural and specific knowledge. This paper aims to...