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Knowledge Complementarity and Co-Ordination in the Local Supply Chain: Some Empirical Evidence

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Roper, S.
Crone, M.

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Knowledge, managed or co-ordinated as a strategic resource, can help to internalise uncertainty or volatility and play an important role in generating and sustaining competitive advantage. One potentially important determinant of knowledge co-ordination between firms is the relative strength of the knowledge bases of the two partner companies. In the context of the local supply chain this paper examines the extent of knowledge co-ordination between a group of 18 Northern Ireland-based MNE plants and their local suppliers. A typology of knowledge complementarity is developed and related to the extent of firms' knowledge co-ordination activities.

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Paper provided by Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland in its series Working Papers NIERC. with number 52.

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Date of creation: 2000
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Keywords: COMPETITION ; KNOWLEDGE ; ENTERPRISES;

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L10 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - General
L15 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Information and Product Quality

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  1. Hewitt-Dundas, Nola & Andreosso-O'Callaghan, Bernadette & Crone, Mike & Murray, J & Roper, Stephen, 2002. "Knowledge Transfers from Multi-National Plants in Ireland - A Cross-Border comparison of Supply Chain Linkages," Working Papers NIERC. 72, Economic Research Institute of Northern Ireland. [Downloadable!]
  2. Hewitt-Dundas, Nola & Roper, Stephen, 2002. "Closing the knowledge gap in Irish manufacturing - a north-south comparison," ERSA conference papers ersa02p382, European Regional Science Association. [Downloadable!]
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