Abstract
This study examines the determinants of international knowledge flow. From a resource-based perspective, it evaluates the impact of cross-national knowledge transfer on firm innovative performance. Based on 56,027 US patents owned by 53 selected firms in the US-based pharmaceutical industry, the results suggest that innovative performance is a curvilinear function of the international knowledge content used by a firm to innovate. As hypothesized, it was found that at (1) low and moderate levels of international knowledge content, a firm's strategy to transfer international knowledge improves its innovative performance, and at (2) higher levels of international knowledge content, there are diminishing marginal returns to transferring knowledge from overseas.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 259-282 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Journal of International Business Studies |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 Mar |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Innovation
- International sourcing
- Knowledge management
- Knowledge transfer
- Multinational firm
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Business and International Management
- Business, Management and Accounting(all)
- Economics and Econometrics
- Strategy and Management
- Management of Technology and Innovation