Björn Ambos

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify the key variables impacting on headquarters' ability to benefit from reverse knowledge transfer and conclude that the efficiency of the MNC as a knowledge integrating institution is being driven by changes in both, the subsidiary's context and its capabilities to process knowledge.

TL;DR: The authors examined the impact of different dimensions of distance to test the applicability of personal coordination mechanisms and technology-based coordination mechanisms in situations of differentiation and dispersion data on 324 knowledge transfer relationships of MNC units was used to test their hypotheses.

TL;DR: This article investigated potential drivers of perceived psychic distances to foreign countries, and found that these perceptions are influenced by a range of cultural, geographic, political and economic factors, suggesting that physical distance should be given a more prominent role when it comes to empirically investigating international business decisions for which psychic distance perceptions may be important.

TL;DR: Results highlight the importance of the units' R&D mandate and its interdependence in explaining control mechanisms and indicate a relatively weak predictive power of political approaches compared to contingency approaches.

TL;DR: In this article, a detailed empirical survey of laboratory sites established by 49 German MNCs was conducted to examine the level and pace of research internationalization, motivations and mandates of overseas R&D laboratories, as well as the strength of the laboratories' internal and external ties.