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Surmounting Interunit Barriers Factors Associated with Interunit Communication Intensity in the Multinational Corporation

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  • WILHELM BARNER-RASMUSSEN
  • INGMAR BJÖRKMAN

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If multinational corporations (MNCs) can gain competitive advantage from interunit knowledge sharing, how to promote interunit communication in MNCs is a key question. We develop a model of factors that may influence communication in intra-MNC interunit relationships and test it on a sample of 308 dyadic relationships between Finnish and Chinese subsidiaries and their headquarters and sister units. Our results indicate that the intensity (frequency and perceived importance) of interunit communication is related to the extent of subsidiary managers' participation in corporate training programs, their fluency in the language in which the interunit communication takes place, and, to some extent, to the use of expatriate managers.

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  • Wilhelm Barner-Rasmussen & Ingmar Björkman, 2005. "Surmounting Interunit Barriers Factors Associated with Interunit Communication Intensity in the Multinational Corporation," International Studies of Management & Organization, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(1), pages 28-46, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:mimoxx:v:35:y:2005:i:1:p:28-46
    DOI: 10.1080/00208825.2005.11043725
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    1. Yoruk, Deniz E., 2019. "Dynamics of firm-level upgrading and the role of learning in networks in emerging markets," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 145(C), pages 341-369.
    2. Schomaker, Margaret Spring & Zaheer, Srilata, 2014. "The Role of Language in Knowledge Transfer to Geographically Dispersed Manufacturing Operations," Journal of International Management, Elsevier, vol. 20(1), pages 55-72.
    3. Stendahl, Emma & Tippmann, Esther & Yakhlef, Ali, 2022. "Practice creation in multinational corporations: Improvisation and the emergence of lateral knowledge," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 57(3).
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