Expatriate Knowledge Transfer, Subsidiary Absorptive Capacity, and Subsidiary Performance
Summary. Expatriate managers transfer knowledge to foreign subsidiaries through three competencies: ability, motivation, and opportunity-seeking. This knowledge improves subsidiary performance, but only when the subsidiary has strong absorptive capacity to receive and use it. A study of British subsidiaries of Taiwanese firms confirms that absorptive capacity determines whether expatriate knowledge transfer actually boosts performance.
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Chang, Y., Gong, Y., & Peng, M. W.. (2012). Expatriate Knowledge Transfer, Subsidiary Absorptive Capacity, and Subsidiary Performance. Academy of Management Journal. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2010.0985
Chang, Yi-Ying, et al. “Expatriate Knowledge Transfer, Subsidiary Absorptive Capacity, and Subsidiary Performance.” Academy of Management Journal, 2012. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2010.0985.
Chang, Yi-Ying, Yaping Gong, and Mike W. Peng. 2012. “Expatriate Knowledge Transfer, Subsidiary Absorptive Capacity, and Subsidiary Performance.” Academy of Management Journal. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2010.0985.
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title = {Expatriate Knowledge Transfer, Subsidiary Absorptive Capacity, and Subsidiary Performance},
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journal = {Academy of Management Journal},
year = {2012},
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TY - JOUR TI - Expatriate Knowledge Transfer, Subsidiary Absorptive Capacity, and Subsidiary Performance AU - Yi-Ying Chang AU - Yaping Gong AU - Mike W. Peng JO - Academy of Management Journal PY - 2012 DO - 10.5465/amj.2010.0985 UR - https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2010.0985 ER -
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- DOI
- 10.5465/amj.2010.0985
- Countries
- United Kingdom, Taiwan
- Regions
- Europe
- Categories
- innovation-networks, innovation-theory, general-innovation
- Added
- 2026-04-28