Absorptive Capacity on Knowledge Transfer : A Empirical Study for Reconceptualization

• Project/Area Number: 21830120
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Business administration
• Research Institution: Rikkyo University
• Principal Investigator: TAKAHASHI Toshikazu Rikkyo University, 経済学部, 助教 (00547896)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,613,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,010,000、Indirect Cost: ¥603,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,248,000 (Direct Cost: ¥960,000、Indirect Cost: ¥288,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,365,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,050,000、Indirect Cost: ¥315,000)
• Keywords: 多国籍企業 / 海外拠点 / 知識移転 / 吸収能力 / フィードバック

Research Abstract

This study aims to refute the conventional argument on the concept of absorptive capacity that originally focuses only on the recipient of knowledge, in order to establish the reconceptualized model of absorptive capacity, including the influencing factor. This study also points out the sender's (headquarters') supervisory responsibility of knowledge as its managerial resource, for its effective use at the recipient (foreign subsidiary), by empirical study especially focused on multinational corporations.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Feedback Absorptive Capacity : Cases from Intraorganizational Knowledge Transfer within Japanese Multinational Companies (2010)
  • Author(s): TAKAHASHI Toshikazu
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Business Strategy International Academy of Business and Economics. Vol.10-2 Pages: 22-35
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Feedback Absorptive Capacity : Cases from Intraorganizational Knowledge Transfer within Japanese Multinational Companies (2010)
  • Author(s): Toshikazu TAKAHASHI
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Business Strategy Volume: Vol.10,No.2 Pages: 22-35
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Absorptive Capacity of Multinational Subsidiary in Intra-Firm Knowledge Transfer : Cases from Japanese Multinational Manufacturers (2009)
  • Author(s): TAKAHASHI Toshikazu
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Global Business and Competitiveness Global institute of Flexible Systems Management. Vol.4-1 Pages: 31-42
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Absorptive Capacity of Multinational Subsidiary in Intra-Firm Knowledge Transfer : Cases from Japanese Multinational Manufacturers (2009)
  • Author(s): Toshikazu TAKAHASHI
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Global Business and Competitiveness Vol.4, No1 Pages: 31-42
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Subsidiary Management and Absorptive Capacity : Cases on Knowledge Sharing from Japanese Manufacturers (2010)
  • Author(s): TAKAHASHI Toshikazu, Euro-Asia Management Studies Association
  • Organizer: 2010 Annual Conference
  • Place of Presentation: International Management Institute, Delhi, India.
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-11
• [Presentation] Subsidiary Management and Absorptive Capacity : Cases on Knowledge Sharing from Japanese Manufacturers (2010)
  • Author(s): Toshikazu TAKAHASHI
  • Organizer: Euro-Asia Management Studies Association, 2010 Annual Conference
  • Place of Presentation: IMI, Delhi, India
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-11
• [Presentation] 知識の吸収能力概念に関する再考-日本多国籍企業の海外拠点での事例から- (2010)
  • Author(s): 高橋俊一
  • Organizer: 多国籍企業学会、第3回全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東洋大学白山校舎(自由論題報告)
  • Year and Date: 2010-07-11
• [Presentation] 知識の吸収能力概念に関する再考-日本多国籍企業の海外拠点での事例から- (2010)
  • Author(s): 高橋俊一
  • Organizer: 多国籍企業学会、第3回全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東洋大学白山校舎(東京都)
  • Year and Date: 2010-07-11
• [Presentation] Knowledge Transfer within Japanese Multinational Manufacturers : A Proposition of Feedback Absorptive Capacity (2010)
  • Author(s): 高橋俊一
  • Organizer: Association of Japanese Business Studies, AJBS 2010 Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Windsor Barra Hotel, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-25
• [Presentation] Knowledge Transfer within Japanese Multinational Manufacturers : A Proposition of Feedback Absorptive Capacity (2010)
  • Author(s): Toshikazu TAKAHASHI
  • Organizer: Association of Japanese Business Studies, AJBS 2010 Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Windsor Barra Hotel, Riode Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-25
• [Presentation] International Academy of Business and Economics, 2010 Summer Conference (2010)
  • Author(s): 高橋俊一
  • Organizer: Feedback Absorptive Capacity : Cases from Intraorganizational Knowledge Transfer within Japanese Multinational Companies
  • Place of Presentation: Dusit Thani Pattaya, Pattaya, Thailand.
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-05
• [Presentation] Cross-Border Knowledge Transfer and Absorptive Capacity : Evidences from Japanese Multinationals (2009)
  • Author(s): 高橋俊一
  • Organizer: Euro-Asia Management Studies Association, 2009 Annual Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switherland.
  • Year and Date: 2009-10-24
• [Presentation] Cross-Border knowledge Transfer and Absorptive capacity : Evidence from Japanese Multinationals (2009)
  • Author(s): Toshikazu TAKAHASHI
  • Organizer: Euro-Asia Management Studies Association
  • Place of Presentation: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne(スイス)
  • Year and Date: 2009-10-23