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Tapping the power of local knowledge: A local-global interactive perspective

Li, S.; Easterby-Smith, M.; Lyles, M.A.; Clark, T.

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Authors

S. Li

M. Easterby-Smith

M.A. Lyles

T. Clark



Abstract

Existing theories of international business and strategy do not fully explain how local knowledge disadvantage faced by foreign investors can be mitigated. We conducted an in-depth qualitative study into four MNCs to investigate the micro-processes of how they generated value from their dispersed sources of local knowledge in China. The results suggest an interactive model: that MNCs employed management processes encompassing three strategically interconnected efforts—global knowledge penetration, local-global knowledge blending, and local-global knowledge integration. The model highlights the interplay between global and local knowledge and challenges extant research that solely focuses on the transfer of either home-based or local knowledge.

Citation

Li, S., Easterby-Smith, M., Lyles, M., & Clark, T. (2016). Tapping the power of local knowledge: A local-global interactive perspective. Journal of World Business, 51(4), 641-653. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2016.04.001

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 16, 2016
Online Publication Date Apr 23, 2016
Publication Date Jun 1, 2016
Deposit Date Apr 26, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of World Business
Print ISSN 1090-9516
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 51
Issue 4
Pages 641-653
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2016.04.001
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1406045

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