International Comparison on Knowledge Transfer Activities within MNC's Multicultural Team

• Project/Area Number: 26590065
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Management
• Research Institution: Rissho University
• Principal Investigator: Takahashi Toshikazu 立正大学, 経営学部, 准教授 (00547896)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 古川 千歳 愛知大学, 経営学部, 助教 (40632857)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
• Keywords: 多国籍企業 / 海外インフラプロジェクト / 多文化チーム / 異文化マネジメント / 知識移転 / プロジェクトマネジメント / インフラ産業 / メガプロジェクト / ナレッジマネジメント / ステークホルダーマネジメント / 国際知識移転 / 鉄道関連産業

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aimed to clarify the mechanism of cross-border knowledge transfer process in multicultural team to identify issues, by investigating overseas infrastructure projects for example railway construction projects. This research clarified that (1) the knowledge transfer process related to overseas infrastructure projects is too complicated to reveal because participating or related stakeholders should be considered in, and that (2) because of its complexity, managers are required to manage not only intra-firm diversity but also external diversity (participating stakeholders) in parallel and complexly.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] 海外インフラ整備プロジェクトのライフサイクルにおける異文化マネジメント (2017)
  • Author(s): 高橋俊一、古川千歳
  • Journal Title: 国際ビジネス研究 Volume: 9
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] プロジェクトマネジメントにおける異文化マネジメント：日本の鉄道関連産業を事例に (2016)
  • Author(s): 高橋俊一、古川千歳
  • Journal Title: 立正経営論集 Volume: 49 Pages: 73-94
  • NAID: 120006895581
  • Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] Managing Multiple Projects in the Context of Megaprojects: A Case on the UK Subsidiary of a Japanese Multinational Company (2017)
  • Author(s): Chitose Furukawa & Toshikazu Takahashi
  • Organizer: AJBS 2016 Annual Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Sheraton New Orleans
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Chitose Furukawa, Toshikazu Takahashi (2016)
  • Author(s): Managing Multiple Projects in the Context of Megaprojects: A Case on the UK Subsidiary of a Japanese Multinational Company
  • Organizer: The Association of Japanese Business Studies
  • Place of Presentation: Sheraton Hotel New Orleans (米国・ニューオリンズ)
  • Year and Date: 2016-06-25
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Cross-Cultural Issues in Railway Mega-Projects : Case Studies of Japanese Multinational Companies in Railway Supply Industry (2015)
  • Author(s): Chitose Furukawa, Toshikazu Takahashi
  • Organizer: Euro-Asia Management Studies Association
  • Place of Presentation: SOAS, University of London (英国・ロンドン)
  • Year and Date: 2015-10-28
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Project Management from Cross-cultural Management Perspective: Preliminary study on Japanese Railway Supply Industry (2015)
  • Author(s): Toshikazu Takahashi, Chitose Furukawa
  • Organizer: European Academy of Management 2015
  • Place of Presentation: Kozminski University(Warsaw, Poland)
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-17 – 2015-06-20
• [Presentation] Project Management from Cross-cultural Management Perspective: Preliminary study on Japanese Railway Supply Industry (2015)
  • Author(s): Toshikazu Takahashi, Chitose Furukawa
  • Organizer: European Academy of Management
  • Place of Presentation: Kozminski University (ポーランド・ワルシャワ)
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-17
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 多国籍プロジェクトチームでの知識共有に関する予備的研究～インフラビジネスを事例として～ (2014)
  • Author(s): 古川千歳、高橋俊一
  • Organizer: 第21回国際ビジネス研究学会全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海学園大学(北海道札幌市)
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-02 – 2014-11-03