The impact of knowledge management on MNC subsidiary performance: the role of absorptive capacity

By Volker Mahnke, Torben Pedersen, Markus Venzin. 2005

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■ To date, empirical studies on the impact of knowledge management on the performance of MNC subsidiaries remain few in number. This study examines the effect of knowledge management tools upon absorptive capacity, knowledge-flows and performance with unique data from subsidiary units in a large German MNC - HeidelbergCement. ■ Treating absorptive capacity as an endogenous construct subject to managerial discretion, we show how knowledge management tools unfold their performance impact through their significant influence on absorptive capacity and knowledge inflows.

Subfields: Strategy and Management

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Citations in the corpus

• How MNC's subsidiaries may improve their innovative performance? The role of external sources and knowledge management capabilities (2017, background): “Solely relying on one central informant do not allow to express “the average” perception of all members of the organization (Mahnke et al., 2005).”
• Multinational Firm Knowledge, use of Expatriates and Foreign Subsidiary Performance (2010, unknown): “128); it is something that is instrumental to the success of knowledge transfer between the parent and the subsidiary (Lane et al., 2001; Mahnke et al., 2005).”