Ambidexterity in MNC knowledge sourcing in emerging economies: A microfoundational perspective

Dodourova, Mariana; Zhao, Shasha; Harzing, Anne‐Wil

doi:10.1016/j.ibusrev.2021.101854

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“…In line with previous literature (Dodourova et al, 2021), our results indicate green exploration and green exploitation can be complementary activities rather than sources of conflict. Additionally, whereas previous research indicates advanced economies with favourable institutional conditions are the preferred location for exploration (Dodourova et al, 2021), our study demonstrates transitional economies also are ideal locations for exploration in the context of GI.…”

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Green exploration and exploitation: Capabilities, product advantage, and policy considerations

Xue

Swan

2022

Creat Innov Manage

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While sustainability has been identified as a critical driver of innovation, our understanding of green innovation activities interrelationship with capability antecedents and consequences of both green exploration and green exploitation remains unclear. A preliminary framework is developed to guide hypotheses and provide insights into green innovation and its connections with new product advantage from a Resource‐Advantage (R‐A) perspective. A sample of 197 traditional Chinese manufacturing enterprises conducting green innovation is an input into a structural equation model. The results indicate that green exploitation has direct positive effects on both innovative eco‐friendly products' customer satisfaction and differentiation, whereas green exploration only positively impacts product differentiation. Importantly, green exploitation fully mediates the connections between capability antecedents (i.e., technology capability and market capability) and new product advantage (i.e., customer satisfaction and differentiation). By contrast, green exploration only fully mediates capability antecedents on new product differentiation. Our findings shed new light on exploration and exploitation research that shapes green innovation activities. Further, it contributes greater clarity into how manufacturing enterprises translate their technology and market capabilities into new eco‐friendly product advantage. Moreover, the results suggest implications for manufacturers to become both “green and competitive” as well as offer policy‐makers insights into shaping programs to assist green innovation.

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Green exploration and exploitation: Capabilities, product advantage, and policy considerations

Xue

Swan

2022

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“…Furthermore, the results of fsQCA analysis show that knowledge distance is very important for subsidiaries to achieve high performance, because knowledge distance is not only a core condition in high-performance solutions H3, H4 and H5, but also a peripheral condition in solutions H1a and H2. This finding aligns with the broader literature on knowledge strategies, with authors noting the importance of leveraging knowledge differences across countries to improve subsidiary performance (Dodourova et al, 2021). Finally, we found that in all solutions, the institutional distance between the home country and the host country is not a core condition, meaning that the effect of institutional distance on foreign subsidiary performance is relatively weaker compared with those of knowledge distance and cultural distance.…”

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Performance of Chinese foreign subsidiaries: the role of national distance, organizational learning and overseas Chinese networks

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Huang

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PurposeThe current literature lacks discussion on the effects of synergy among multiple factors at different levels on foreign subsidiary performance. The purpose of this paper is to explore the configuration of factors affecting foreign subsidiary performance.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology adopted in this paper is the fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). The data are obtained from 125 foreign subsidiaries of Chinese MNCs through questionnaire surveys and secondary data.FindingsThe research results reveal that five configurations of antecedent conditions predict high foreign subsidiary performance, and the other two configurations predict not-high performance.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper’s main limitation is its only focus on foreign subsidiaries of Chinese MNCs, which means that the findings should be generalized with precaution. The most valuable implication is to identify the configurations that lead to high and not-high foreign subsidiary performance.Practical implicationsThis paper addresses the question of how interdependent factors at the national and corporate level are beneficial to foreign subsidiaries’ performance.Originality/valueThis study makes the following contributions to current theories: It provides (1) new insights for understanding the complex causality between antecedent conditions and foreign subsidiary performance and (2) a practical reference for the multinational operations of foreign subsidiaries.

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“…The more easily knowledge can be communicated due to easy articulability, codifiability and teachability, the faster is the speed of knowledge transfer in the organization (Zander and Kogut, 1995). Moreover, a synergic combination of the exploratory and exploitative nature of knowledge also determines the outcomes positively while imbalanced combination hurt the outcomes (Dodourova et al, 2021;Lee Jeoung et al, 2020). 2.1 Organizational level knowledge transfer and organizational level antecedents (Quad 1) Characteristics of the actors participating in the transfer influence effectiveness and efficiency of the process.…”

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“…Knowledge transfer from units located in an advanced developed country is higher to a unit located in a less developed country as the knowledge held by the developed country unit is perceived as more valuable than that of the other (Frenkel, 2008;Gupta and Govindarajan, 2000). However, recent evidence shows such a distinction based on the location of knowledge is diluting as MNEs are having research and development also in developing countries (Dodourova et al, 2021).…”

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Interpersonal knowledge transfer within the multinational enterprise: incorporating identity based quasi-formal knowledge governance mechanisms

Sharma

Phookan

2022

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PurposeThe paper aims to incorporate the social identity theory perspectives to the knowledge-based view in order to suggest how certain organizational characteristics can be leveraged as knowledge governance mechanisms for interpersonal knowledge transfer within the multinational enterprise (MNE).Design/methodology/approachThis paper is a conceptual discussion on interpersonal knowledge governance mechanisms.FindingsThe paper proposes a new set of governance mechanisms which may be leveraged to govern interpersonal knowledge transfer. These mechanisms utilize organizational identity of individuals to govern individual level knowledge transfer behavior with the MNE. The paper also illustrates how subsidiary power, one of such mechanisms, influences interpersonal knowledge transfer within the MNE through organizational identification.Research limitations/implicationsAs the paper is conceptual, the proposed mechanisms have not been substantiated empirically. It calls for empirically testing the suggested mechanisms across countries.Practical implicationsThe paper provides insights to managers for leveraging on organizational identity to manage interpersonal level knowledge transfer within the MNE.Originality/valueThe paper adds organizational identity-based knowledge governance mechanisms to the knowledge governance approach. It highlights how certain organizational characteristics (e.g. subsidiary power), even though these are not knowledge governance mechanisms per se, can be utilized to govern interpersonal knowledge transfer with the MNE.

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Ambidexterity in MNC knowledge sourcing in emerging economies: A microfoundational perspective

Cited by 20 publications

References 78 publications

Green exploration and exploitation: Capabilities, product advantage, and policy considerations

Green exploration and exploitation: Capabilities, product advantage, and policy considerations

Performance of Chinese foreign subsidiaries: the role of national distance, organizational learning and overseas Chinese networks

Interpersonal knowledge transfer within the multinational enterprise: incorporating identity based quasi-formal knowledge governance mechanisms

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