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Not all international assignments are created equal: HQ-subsidiary knowledge transfer patterns across types of assignments and types of knowledge
Duvivier, Florence Peeters, Carine Harzing, Anne-Wil
Duvivier, Florence
Peeters, Carine
Harzing, Anne-Wil
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Publication Year
2019
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Journal of World Business
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Publication Volume
54
Publication Issue
3
Publication Begin page
181
Publication End page
190
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Drawing on 50 semi-structured interviews in a case study of a Belgian multinational and its foreign subsidiary in Poland, we develop new insights into how using different types of international assignments (long-term expatriation, short-term expatriation, short-term inpatriation) allows a HQ-subsidiary dyad to transfer different types of knowledge (declarative, procedural, axiomatic, relational), both from and to HQ, during and after the assignment. We show how each type of assignment acts as a unique knowledge transfer channel, and why it is critical that HQ-subsidiary dyads use an appropriate combination and sequence of international assignments reflecting their specific knowledge transfer needs.
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Expatriation, Inpatriation, Knowledge Transfer, Knowledge Types, HQ-subsidiary Relationships