[article]
Titre : |
Relational capital inside multinationals |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Patrocinio Zaragoza-Sáez, Auteur ; Enrique Claver-Cortés, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2012 |
Article en page(s) : |
pp. 293-304 |
Note générale : |
Management |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Mots-clés : |
Knowledge management practice Relational capital Internal network Multinationals Case study |
Index. décimale : |
658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce |
Résumé : |
Linking the knowledge-based view, the multinational theory and the intellectual capital-based view of the firm, this paper seeks to identify the main activities belonging to the relational capital of multinationals and the extent to which they contribute to knowledge development and transfer between their different subsidiaries. Six multinational and knowledge-intensive firms placed in Spain have been analysed through a qualitative research based on a multiple case-study. Its findings show the main relational activities that facilitate knowledge flows between the different units of a multinational. These activities are classified into four categories: relational structures (work teams, communities of practices, transnational teams, centres of excellence), tools (information and communication technologies, internal communication and publications), practices (expatriates) and socialisation. Tacit knowledge, as well as the idiosyncratic nature that most of them have, makes the relational capital of the firms studied become a source of competitive advantage. |
DEWEY : |
658 |
ISSN : |
1477-8238 |
En ligne : |
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/kmrp/journal/v9/n4/abs/kmrp201134a.html |
in Knowledge management research and practice > Vol. 9 N° 4 (Décembre 2011) . - pp. 293-304
[article] Relational capital inside multinationals [texte imprimé] / Patrocinio Zaragoza-Sáez, Auteur ; Enrique Claver-Cortés, Auteur . - 2012 . - pp. 293-304. Management Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Knowledge management research and practice > Vol. 9 N° 4 (Décembre 2011) . - pp. 293-304
Mots-clés : |
Knowledge management practice Relational capital Internal network Multinationals Case study |
Index. décimale : |
658 Organisation des entreprises. Techniques du commerce |
Résumé : |
Linking the knowledge-based view, the multinational theory and the intellectual capital-based view of the firm, this paper seeks to identify the main activities belonging to the relational capital of multinationals and the extent to which they contribute to knowledge development and transfer between their different subsidiaries. Six multinational and knowledge-intensive firms placed in Spain have been analysed through a qualitative research based on a multiple case-study. Its findings show the main relational activities that facilitate knowledge flows between the different units of a multinational. These activities are classified into four categories: relational structures (work teams, communities of practices, transnational teams, centres of excellence), tools (information and communication technologies, internal communication and publications), practices (expatriates) and socialisation. Tacit knowledge, as well as the idiosyncratic nature that most of them have, makes the relational capital of the firms studied become a source of competitive advantage. |
DEWEY : |
658 |
ISSN : |
1477-8238 |
En ligne : |
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/kmrp/journal/v9/n4/abs/kmrp201134a.html |
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