Knowledge transfer across dissimilar cultures

• Main Authors: Boh, Wai Fong, Nguyen, T. T., Xu, Yun
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Knowledge management
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95180; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/9436
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The purpose of this paper is to examine factors that impact knowledge transfer from the parent corporation to subsidiaries when there are differences in the national culture of the parent corporation and the subsidiary. Transferring knowledge can be especially difficult when the source and recipient...