Prerequisites for a beneficial knowledge transfer between manufacturing plants

Szerzők

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14267/VEZTUD.2020.11.01

Kulcsszavak:

tudástranszfer, termelési hálózatok, tudásküldés, tudásfogadás, nemzetközi vállalatok

Absztrakt

A jelen tanulmány célja megvizsgálni a sikeres és hatékony tudástranszfer előfeltételeit a multinacionális termelővállalatok különböző telephelyei között, figyelembe véve a tudásküldő és tudásfogadó telephelyek tulajdonságait. A szerzők kutatásukban azt vizsgálják, hogy a telephelyek által megtett erőfeszítések, az általuk alkalmazott kollaborációs eszközök és koordinációs mechanizmusok miként járulnak hozzá a sikeres tudástranszferhez. A tanulmány tizenhárom esettanulmányt tartalmaz, amelyeket négy európai országban készítettek (Svájc, Románia, Albánia és Macedónia). Tekintettel a kutatás feltáró jellegére kvalitatív kutatási módszert alkalmaztak a szerzők. Az adatgyűjtés fő módja a félig-strukturált interjúk módszertanára épült, amelyeket az említett négy országban egységesen hajtottak végre annak érdekében, hogy párhuzamot tudjanak vonni a különböző esetek között. Eredményeik azt mutatják, hogy a személyes interakció a tudásküldő és tudásfogadó telephelyek között sokkal fontosabb egy sikeres tudástranszfer tekintetében, mint az alkalmazott információs rendszerek vagy az előzetes tárgyi tudás.

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Szerző életrajzok

  • Maike Scherrer, Zurich University of Applied Sciences

    Egyetemi tanár

  • Patricia Deflorin, University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons

    Egyetemi tanár

  • Levente Szász, Babeș–Bolyai Tudományegyetem

    Egyetemi tanár

  • Béla-Gergely Rácz, Babeș–Bolyai Tudományegyetem

    Egyetemi adjunktus

  • Ildikó-Réka Cardoș, Babeș–Bolyai Tudományegyetem

    Egyetemi adjunktus

  • István Fábián, Babeș–Bolyai Tudományegyetem

    PhD-hallgató

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2021-07-22

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Scherrer, M., Deflorin, P., Szász, L., Rácz, B.-G., Cardoș, I.-R., & Fábián, I. (2021). Prerequisites for a beneficial knowledge transfer between manufacturing plants. Vezetéstudomány Budapest Management Review, 51(11), 2-13. https://doi.org/10.14267/VEZTUD.2020.11.01

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