Table of contents - Special Issue: Absorption and application of management knowledge
Guest Editors: Gerhard Fink, Nigel Holden
Barriers to the absorption of management knowledge in Belarus
Andrei Kuznetsov, Hanna YakavenkaTo identify factors that impede the absorption of management knowledge imported into transition countries, using Belarus as a case, in order to increase efficiency of knowledge…
Essential competencies for cross‐cultural knowledge absorption
D. Christopher Kayes, Anna B. Kayes, Yoshitaka YamazakiPurpose – To describe the competencies necessary for managers to effectively engage in cross‐cultural knowledge absorption. Design/methodology/approach – A comprehensive…
Forms of host‐country national learning for enhanced MNC absorptive capacity
Charles M. Vance, Yongsun PaikAims to examine within the theoretical construct of absorptive capacity several forms of host country national (HCN) learning, leading to improved productivity in the foreign…
Ubuntu as a key African management concept: contextual background and practical insights for knowledge application
Luchien Karsten, Honorine IllaTo explore how an increasing attention which is being paid to language and culture in organisations can help people to understand the impact of particular management concepts in…
Knowledge transfer in Vietnam: starts, stops, and loops
N.K. NapierTo offer a framework of structural and contextual influences on knowledge transfer of foreign management ideas to Vietnamese academic and managerial colleagues. It addresses four…
ISSN:
0268-3946e-ISSN:
1758-7778ISSN-L:
0268-3946Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditor:
- Professor Carrie Bulger