Hegemony and its discontents: a critical analysis of organizational knowledge transfer

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to discuss the phenomenon of knowledge transfer within multinational corporations (MNCs), and how the imperatives of thought and action that constitute new knowledge are received in the terrain that constitutes the MNC subsidiary.Design methodology approach - T...

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Published in:Critical perspectives on international business Vol. 4; no. 2/3; pp. 203 - 227
Main Authors: Mir, Raza, Bobby Banerjee, Subhabrata, Mir, Ali
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Bradford Emerald Group Publishing Limited 02.05.2008
Subjects:
Accumulation
Coercion
Communities of practice
Corporate culture
Data collection
Ethnography
Head offices
Hegemony
Information dissemination
Information sharing
Knowledge
Knowledge management
Knowledge transfer
Local knowledge
Mission statements
Multinational companies
Multinational corporations
Organization theory
Organizational theory
Political economy
Postcolonialism
Studies
Subsidiaries
Knowledge transfer
Multinational companies
Organizational theory
ISSN:1742-2043, 1758-6062
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Summary:Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to discuss the phenomenon of knowledge transfer within multinational corporations (MNCs), and how the imperatives of thought and action that constitute new knowledge are received in the terrain that constitutes the MNC subsidiary.Design methodology approach - This study employs an ethnographic approach, and juxtaposes primary data collection with a variety of secondary data sources.Findings - The data are analyzed in light of the theoretical construct of hegemony, and three themes theorized that underlie the process of knowledge transfer. These include knowledge loss at the local level, the coercive practices that ensure knowledge transfer, and the invocation of imperial subjectivities by the headquarters of the MNC when dealing with subsidiaries from poorer nations.Originality value - This paper goes beyond the mainstream approaches into organizational knowledge transfer, by analyzing these issues in light of political economy, and the changing landscape of industrial accumulation. It offers in some measure, the building blocks of a different organizational theory, one that is sensitive to those subjects who are consigned to the periphery of mainstream organizing.
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ISSN:1742-2043
1758-6062
DOI:10.1108/17422040810869990