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Knowledge transfer in international aquisitions: A retrospective

Journal

Journal of International Business Research

Subject

Strategy and Entrepreneurship

Publishing details

Journal of International Business Research 2009 Vol 41 p 21-26

Authors / Editors

Birkinshaw J M;Bresman H;Nobel R

Biographies

Julian Birkinshaw

Publication Year

2009

Abstract

In this Retrospective, we summarise and discuss the findings of our 1999 JIBS paper "Knowledge transfer in international acquisitions", and we consider how research in this area has evolved over the last decade. The paper's key contribution was to show how the post-acquisition integration process in a sample of three international acquisitions led to the creation of a "social community", characterised by two-way knowledge-sharing between the acquirer and acquired companies. We discuss how the timing of this publication, as an early contribution to the knowledge-based perspective on the firm, helped its visibility; and we consider the boundary conditions around our findings.

Keywords

International acquisitions; Knowledge-based view of the firm; Qualitative research

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