Journal article
Authors list: Haasis, Timon Immanuel; Liefner, Ingo; Garg, Ritam
Publication year: 2018
Pages: 286-311
Journal: Asian Business & Management
Volume number: 17
Issue number: 4
ISSN: 1472-4782
eISSN: 1476-9328
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41291-018-0041-y
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Abstract:
This article investigates how Chinese multinational enterprises (MNEs) organize knowledge transfer through cross-border acquisitions in developed economies, by employing an organizational learning perspective, and investigating Chinese acquisitions in the German industrial sector. Engaging in several activities (e.g., establishment of R&D centers, joint ventures, and staff deployment, etc.), Chinese enterprises ultimately aim for stimulating the interaction between the acquired target and the parent company. Challenging the conventional wisdom, knowledge transfer also happens reciprocally. The absorptive and disseminative capacities of both partners, along with the knowledge characteristics, and the intercultural issues, moderate the effectiveness of knowledge transfer.
Citation Styles
Harvard Citation style: Haasis, T., Liefner, I. and Garg, R. (2018) The organization of knowledge transfer in the context of Chinese cross-border acquisitions in developed economies, Asian Business & Management, 17(4), pp. 286-311. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41291-018-0041-y
APA Citation style: Haasis, T., Liefner, I., & Garg, R. (2018). The organization of knowledge transfer in the context of Chinese cross-border acquisitions in developed economies. Asian Business & Management. 17(4), 286-311. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41291-018-0041-y
Keywords
ABSORPTIVE-CAPACITY; CHINESE; Cross-border acquisitions; EMERGING MULTINATIONALS; EXPLOITATION; FIRMS; INTERNATIONALIZATION; knowledge transfer; M-AND-AS; MERGERS; Mergers and acquisitions (M&A); OPPORTUNITIES; Post-acquisition integration; STRATEGIC ASSETS
