Managing Technology & Knowledge Transfer in MNC's Flashcards
1
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Technology Types:
A
> Product-embodied technology
Process-embodied technology
Person-embodied technology
2
Q
Knowledge Types:
A
> Tacit Knowledge (highly personalized, difficult to transfer)
Explicit Knowledge (knowledge can be transmitted)
3
Q
Sender-Receiver Model
A
Sender (encoding) > Transfer Channel (Message) > Receiver (decoding)
4
Q
Impact of cultural Distance
A
> Vertical Cultures (High PD)
Horizontal Cultures (low PD)
5
Q
What is Hybridization?
A
the process of combining different varieties of organizations to create a hybrid company.
6
Q
Transformation of Outcomes:
A
Hypridisation
limitation
Localization
Customizations/novelties
Dialectical Transformation
Concepts of adaption, translation, re-contextualisation
