Knowledge Creation, Knowledge Sharing and Organizational Structures and Processes in MNCs: A Commentary on Foss N. 'Knowlege and Organization in the Theory of the MNC'

摘要

Over the past decade, or so, the knowledge-based perspective on the advantage of MNCs, as arbitrages of knowledge assets around the world, has gained strength and momentum as a research stream. Obviously this is not new, going back at least to Stephen Hymer (1976) and Edith Penrose (1959). Yet, the abundance of work in that area -what Foss somewhat dismissively calls a "cottage industry"- has occasionally obscured the essence of the effort and the core issues it addresses.