The role of expatriates in MNCs knowledge mobilization
This book explores the role of expatriates in the mobilization and nurturing of knowledge between their original (parent/home) country and the MNCs host countries. This includes the management of knowledge and the tools, methods and practices that can be customized to facilitate the transfer of know...
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| Other Authors | , , , |
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| Format | eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
Bingley, U.K. :
Emerald,
2011.
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| Series | International business and management series ;
v. 27. |
| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781780521138 |
| ISSN | 1876-066X ; |
| Physical Description | 1 online zdroj (xv, 247 p.) : ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- ch. 1. Theoretical perspectives on expatriate gender diversity / Susan Shortland
- ch. 2. The inherent challenges of knowledge transfer across countries and cultures / Tracy Stanley, Paul Davidson
- ch. 3. Knowledge flows in international business : A JIBS / Orly Yehezkel, Oded Shenkar
- ch. 4. Expatriate perspectives on knowledge transfers into Central and Eastern Europe / Adam Smale, Vesa Suutari
- ch. 5. Can a new measure of 'managerial' knowledge be a good predictor of managerial ability in Mexico's maquiladora / José Castillo, Debra Cartwright, Harold Harlow
- ch. 6. Integrating repatriated managers in MNCs / Avan Jassawalla, Hemant C. Sashittal
- ch. 7. U.S. expatriates, postwar knowledge transfer and Japanese telecommunications revival / Stephen B. Adams, Paul J. Miranti
- ch. 8. Organisational learning from Chinese returners : an exploratory study of the role of cross-cultural interactions / Ariane Berthoin Antal, Eva-Maria Walker
- ch. 9. Living and working between two worlds : using qualitative phenomenological findings to enhance understanding of lived experiences / Roger C. Russell, Catherine E. Aquino-Russell
- ch. 10. Training day : intercultural communication training for expatriates : the quest to improve intercultural communication competence / Bernd Kupka
- ch. 11. Preparing expatriate managers of multinational organisations for the cultural and learning imperatives of their job in dynamic knowledge-based environments / Ted O'Keeffe.