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Determinants of transnational new product development capability: testing the influence of transferring and deploying tacit overseas knowledge
Author(s) -
Subramaniam Mohan,
Venkatraman N.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
strategic management journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 11.035
H-Index - 286
eISSN - 1097-0266
pISSN - 0143-2095
DOI - 10.1002/smj.163
Subject(s) - tacit knowledge , new product development , business , product (mathematics) , order (exchange) , knowledge management , competitive advantage , knowledge transfer , marketing , explicit knowledge , industrial organization , computer science , geometry , mathematics , finance
Based on a survey of 90 transnational product introductions, we find that the transnational product development capabilities of organizations significantly depend upon their ability to transfer and deploy tacit knowledge concerning overseas markets. Specifically, we find that organizations which use cross‐national teams, teams with members who have prior overseas experience, or teams whose members communicate frequently with overseas managers in order to acquire information about tacit differences among countries have greater transnational product development capabilities. This study contributes to our understanding of how organizations transfer and deploy knowledge across borders for competitive advantage and makes an important contribution to the literature on global strategy. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.