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Torben Pedersen
Researcher at Bocconi University
Publications - 282
Citations - 15838
Torben Pedersen is an academic researcher from Bocconi University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Multinational corporation & Offshoring. The author has an hindex of 61, co-authored 241 publications receiving 14499 citations. Previous affiliations of Torben Pedersen include University of Copenhagen & Frederiksberg Hospital.
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Ownership structure and economic performance in the largest european companies
Steen Thomsen,Torben Pedersen +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the impact of ownership structure on company economic performance in 435 of the largest European companies and found a positive effect of ownership concentration on shareholder value (market-to-book value of equity) and profitability (asset returns).
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MNC knowledge transfer, subsidiary absorptive capacity, and HRM
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the relationship between MNC subsidiary HRM practices, absorptive capacity and knowledge transfer, and found that both ability and motivation are needed to facilitate the transfer of knowledge from other parts of the MNC.
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Transferring knowledge in MNCs: The role of sources of subsidiary knowledge and organizational context
Nicolai J. Foss,Torben Pedersen +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on levels of knowledge in subsidiaries, the sources of transferable subsidiary knowledge and organizational means and conditions that realize knowledge transfer as the relevant determinants of knowledge transfer.
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Linking Customer Interaction and Innovation: The Mediating Role of New Organizational Practices
TL;DR: Six hypotheses were developed and tested on a data set of 169 Danish firms drawn from a 2001 survey of the 1,000 largest firms and it is argued that the link from customer knowledge to innovation is completely mediated by organizational practices.
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Reconceptualizing the Firm in a World of Outsourcing and Offshoring: The Organizational and Geographical Relocation of High‐Value Company Functions
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a new research agenda that searches for each firm's optimal degree of disaggregation and global dispersion given that further scattering of value chain activities entail benefits as well as increased complexity and costs.