Ambiguity and The Process of Knowledge Transfer in Strategic Alliances  

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Simonin, Bernard L.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Strategic Management Journal vol. 20 no. 7 (1999), page 595-624.
Topik: KNOWLEDGE; strategic alliances; knowledge transfer; causal ambiguity; organizational learning; knowledge management

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: SS30.4 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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This research examines the role played by the "causally ambiguous" nature of knowledge in the process of knowlefge transfer between strategic alliance partners. Based on a cross - sectional sample of 147 multi nationals and a structural equation methodology, this study empirically investigates the simultaneous effects of knowledge ambiguity and its antecedents, tacitness, asset specificity, prior experience, complexity, partner protectiveness, cultural distance, and organizatonal distance - on technological knowledge transfer. In contrast to past research that generally assumed a direct relation between these explanatory variables and transfer outcomes, this study's findings highlight the critical role played by knowledge ambiguity as a full mediator of tactiness, prior experience, complexity, cultural distance, and organizational distance on knowledge transfer. These significant effects are further found to be moderated by the firm's level of collaborative know - how, its learning capacity, and the duration of the alliance.

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