Adoption of intended strategic initiatives in MNCs: role of piloting

Diplôme Thèse Adoption of intended strategic initiatives in MNCs: role of piloting eng 2012-09-12 author Davidson Rhoda Elspeth 678107 director Probst Gilbert 22842 10.13097/archive-ouverte/unige:24172 urn:nbn:ch:unige-241721 SES 787 The replication of templates, which are working examples of organizational practices, plays an important role in intraorganzational knowledge transfer. However, remarkably little is known about how templates are created. This exploratory mixed methods research seeks to open up the black box of template creation. Firstly, to understand the characteristics of templates that influence the early adoption of organizational practices. Secondly, to reveal the multi-level processes involved in template formation that impact the introduction of new organizational routines. The chosen context is MNCs where the corporate center first employs pilots to create templates before subsidiary by subsidiary rollout. This research contributes to knowledge transfer theory by illustrating how pilots reduce the degree of stickiness of future knowledge transfer. In addition, the study contributes to institutional theory by showing that pilots can be viewed as frames that mobilize subsidiaries to take action under situations of uncertainty and conflicting institutional pressures. Template Piloting Replication Organizational practice Intended strategic initiative MNC Intraorganzational knowledge transfer Mixed methods research Knowledge transfer theory Institutional theory Dewey 332/658 Dewey 330/650 9 Faculté d'économie et de management S false b78ae339-1c71-44a4-8017-cd77a86a91b3 Thesis Public these_787 Rhoda Davidson.pdf 2614799 application/pdf openAccess Faculté d'économie et de management

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