DocumentCode
2425770
Title
Knowledge linkage in international R&D management: the case of Japanese MNCs
Author
Asakawa, Kazuhiro
Author_Institution
Graduate Sch. of Bus. Adm., Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
fYear
1997
fDate
27-31 Jul 1997
Firstpage
994
Lastpage
997
Abstract
The paper analyzes various types of linkage mechanisms which make it possible for a company to transfer and convert globally-diffused contextual knowledge by looking at the innovative organizational experiments by the Japanese multinational companies which have been considered the most ethnocentric organizations
Keywords
research and development management; technology transfer; Japan; ethnocentric organizations; globally-diffused contextual knowledge; innovative organizational experiments; international R&D management; knowledge transfer; linkage mechanisms; multinational companies; Central office; Companies; Computer aided software engineering; Concrete; Couplings; Electric breakdown; Knowledge management; Knowledge transfer; Research and development; Research and development management;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Innovation in Technology Management - The Key to Global Leadership. PICMET '97: Portland International Conference on Management and Technology
Conference_Location
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3574-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/PICMET.1997.653759
Filename
653759
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