Subsidiary roles and dual knowledge flows between MNE subsidiaries and headquarters: The moderating effects of organizational governance typesJeoung Yul Lee, Alfredo Jiménez and Krishna Raj Bhandari Journal of Business Research, 2020, vol. 108, issue C, 188-200 Abstract: In this paper, we investigate how various types of subsidiary roles affect dual knowledge flows between a focal subsidiary and the multinational enterprise’s headquarters, a thus far overlooked topic in the knowledge management literature. We propose that subsidiaries with a world mandate have a stronger positive impact on dual knowledge flows than subsidiaries with a specialized contributor role. In contrast, we argue that subsidiaries with a local implementer role have a negative impact on dual knowledge flows. Further, we investigate the moderating effect of two different organizational governance types, namely, belonging to a South Korean business group (i.e., Chaebol), and being a small and medium-sized enterprise. Overall, our results from a sample of 1213 foreign manufacturing subsidiaries from 191 South Korean MNEs provide empirical evidence that validates our hypotheses. Keywords: Dual knowledge flows; Subsidiary roles; Business groups; Small and medium-sized enterprises; South Korean multinational enterprises (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:jbrese:v:108:y:2020:i:c:p:188-200 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.10.065 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Business Research is currently edited by A. G. Woodside More articles in Journal of Business Research from Elsevier |
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