Language strategy and knowledge transfer: comparative studies of European, American, Japanese and Korean MNCs

2021 Fiscal Year Annual Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17KK0061
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: 金 熙珍 東北大学, 経済学研究科, 准教授 (40634530)
• Project Period (FY): 2018 – 2021
• Keywords: 逆駐在員による知識移転

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

本科研の最終年度である２０２１年には、国際共同研究加速基金を活用して訪問したイギリスのMiddlesex University LondonのAnne-Wil Harzing先生、そして同じくイギリス訪問中に知り合ったIESE Business School (Spain)のSebastian Reiche先生と共同で論文執筆作業を行った。特に、国際経営分野のトップジャーナルであるJournal of International Business Studies (JIBS)への論文掲載を目指し、３名の間で頻繁な議論と緊密なやり取りを行いながら論文を仕上げ、投稿し、２回のレビュープロセスを経ながら論文修正作業を続けた。幸い、２０２１年の１２月に論文がアクセプトされ、２０２２年の１月にはオンライン公開される運びとなった。
また、イギリスでの在外研究、JIBS論文の概要、海外のベテラン研究者たちとの論文共著の経験についてブログポストを執筆した（下記リンクを参照）。
https://harzing.com/blog/2020/12/sabbatical-at-middlesex-university-london-a-story-of-swans-and-unicorns
https://harzing.com/blog/2022/04/beyond-expatriation-how-inpatriation-supports-subsidiary-growth-and-performance
https://harzing.com/blog/2022/05/from-little-seed-to-fully-grown-tree-a-paper-development-journey

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] Middlesex University London(英国) (2019)
  • Year and Date: 2019-04-01 – 2020-03-25
  • Country Name: UNITED KINGDOM
  • Counterpart Institution: Middlesex University London
  • Co-investigator Overseas: Anne-Wil Harzing
  • Department: Business School
  • Job Title: Professor
• [Journal Article] How does successive > > inpatriation contribute to subsidiary capability building and subsidiary evolution? An organizational knowledge creation perspective (2022)
  • Author(s): Heejin Kim, Sebastian Reiche, Anne-Wil Harzing
  • Journal Title: Journal of International Business Studies Volume: 0 Pages: 0
  • DOI: 10.1057/s41267-021-00494-3
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] 日本企業の海外子会社における言語選択 (2021)
  • Author(s): 金熙珍・板垣博・関口倫紀
  • Journal Title: 一橋ビジネスレビュー Volume: 69 Pages: 32-42
• [Presentation] How does successive inpatriation contribute to subsidiary capability building and subsidiary evolution? An organizational knowledge creation perspective (2021)
  • Author(s): Heejin Kim, Sebastian Reiche, & Anne-Wil Harzing
  • Organizer: Academy of International Business
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Language strategy from the ground up: How foreign subsidiaries of Japanese MNCs choose and develop language resources in Asia (2021)
  • Author(s): Heejin Kim, Tomoki Sekiguchi, & Hiroshi Itagaki
  • Organizer: Association of Japanese Business Studies
  • Int'l Joint Research