Knowledge outflows from foreign subsidiaries and the tension between knowledge creation and knowledge protection: Evidence from the semiconductor industry |
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| Institution: | 1. Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Department of Management, Cannaregio 873, 30121 Venice, Italy;2. Copenhagen Business School, Department of Strategic Management and Globalization, Kilevej 14, DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark;3. BI Norwegian Business School, Department of Strategy and Logistics, Nydalsveien 37, 0484 Oslo, Norway;1. Department of Business Studies, Uppsala University, Sweden;2. Public University of Navarre, Spain;1. University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Business School, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK;2. Department of Business Administration, School of Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece;3. Förbom Properties, Tikanmaankatu 76, 21210 Raisio, Finland;1. University of Pavia, via san Felice 7, 27100 Pavia, Italy;2. University of Sussex, UK;1. University of Barcelona, Faculty of Economy and Business Administration, Department of Business Administration, Av. Diagonal 690, 08034 Barcelona, Spain;2. University of Valencia, Faculty of Economics, Department of Management, Av. dels Tarongers s/n., 46022 Valencia, Spain;1. Department of Management, College of Business and Public Administration, Old Dominion University, 2167 Constant Hall, Norfolk, VA 23529, United States;2. School of Management, University of Michigan-Flint, 2118 Riverfront, 303 E. Kearsley Street, Flint, MI 48502-1950, United States;3. School of Business, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Box 1051, Edwardsville, IL 62026-1051, United States;4. Turner College of Business, Center for Commerce & Technology 432, Columbus State University, 4225 University Avenue, Columbus, GA 31907, United States |
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| Abstract: | This paper analyzes the MNC subsidiaries’ trade-off between the need for knowledge creation and the need for knowledge protection, and relates it to the extent of knowledge outflows generated within the host location. Combining research in International Business with Social Theory, we build a conceptual framework suggesting that subsidiaries that extensively draw on external knowledge sources are also more likely to generate knowledge outflows to local firms. We argue that this may be explained by the subsidiaries’ willingness to build the trust that facilitates the establishment of reciprocal knowledge linkages. However, when the value of the subsidiary's knowledge stock is very high, the need for knowledge protection restrains reciprocity mechanisms in knowledge exchanges, thus reducing the extent of knowledge outflows to the host location. This study contributes to the literature on the firm-level antecedents of FDI-mediated local knowledge outflows, as well as to the broad IB literature on the relationship between subsidiaries and their host regions. The implications for managers and policy-makers are also discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Local knowledge outflows FDI Knowledge creation Knowledge protection |
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